Mingus
Scottish, variation of Menzies
"tenants of a manor"Share
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Mingus Origin and Meaning
The name Mingus is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "tenants of a manor".
Supermodel Helena Christensen named her son in honor of jazz great Charles Mingus, opening up a whole category of jazzy possibilities: Kenton, Calloway, Ellington, Gillespie, Mulligan, Tatum, and Thelonius.
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Famous People Named Mingus
- Mingus Lucien Reedus (b. 1999)son of actor Norman Reedus and supermodel Helena Christensen
- Charles MingusAmerican jazz bassist
Mingus in Pop Culture
- Minguscharacter played by Chris Rock in the film "2 Days in New York"
- Max Minguscharacter in a series of thriller novels by Nick Stone
- Mingus Rudecharacter in Jonathan Lethem novel "The Fortress of Solitude"
- Mingus Mountainfound near Prescott, Arizona