Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Sinhalese
Scripts මෙණුජා(Sinhala)
Other Forms FormsMenuga, Menusha, Menujah
Meaning & History
Means “Descendant of Manu” from "Manu" (मनु) meaning wise man, thinker, or ancestor of mankind and "Ja" (ज) Ja" (ज) = born of, produced from, or descendant of. Menu is also rooted to "Manu", a legendary figure in Hinduism often seen as the progenitor of humanity (like the equivalent of Adam in Abrahamic tradition).