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'''Menon''' is a surname of the [[Nair]] community of [[Kerala]], India, and was an honorific hereditary title, often used as an affix to one's name, bestowed by the various kings of Kerala (including the [[Zamorin]]) to the members Kiryathil subcaste of Nairs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fawcett|first=F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eF-pMrcqw5UC&q=Menon|title=Nâyars of Malabar|date=2004-02-01|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0171-0|language=en}}</ref> The recipient of the title held it lifelong, and the male members of his family held it in perpetuity along the matrilineal line.<br />
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The Menons were feudal landlords or [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazis]] and often engaged in various administrative duties, such as being scribes and accountants, in service of the kings of Kerala, with some of them being related to the [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin Royalty]]. Members of the [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin Royal Family]] were often married to aristocratic Menon families. Thus the children of such [[Maharajah]]s held the Menon title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-story-of-a-statue/article7333585.ece|title=The story of a statue|first=K.|last=Pradeep|date=19 June 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/The-life-and-times-of-Vathakad-Raghava-Menon/article17366657.ece|title=The dynamics of VRM’s genius|first=K.|last=Pradeep|date=25 February 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114111206/http://www.crfhs.org/familytree/familyhistory1.php?caption_id=4&flg=0|title=Cochin Royal Family Historical Society &#124; Family History|date=14 January 2009|website=web.archive.org}}</ref><br />
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