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Gender Masculine
Usage Hungarian Mythology
Meaning & History
Ménrót is mentioned in Simon of Kéza's 'Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum', written in the 1280s, in its semi-Latinized form Menrot. According to Simon of Kéza, Hunor and Magor, the legendary forefathers of the Huns and the Hungarians, were the sons of Ménrót, a mythical giant, who he partly identified with biblical Nimrod. According to János Ladó and Ágnes Bíró, Nimrod was sometimes called Ménrót in medieval sermons.
The name itself is said to be derived from Old Hungarian mén "stallion, horse" and Old Hungarian rós "red, rufous".
The name itself is said to be derived from Old Hungarian mén "stallion, horse" and Old Hungarian rós "red, rufous".