The accompanying text in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' by James Logan begins as follows: "CLANN NA MEINNANICH - MENZIES The Menzie's [sic] have been noticed, by Scottish historians, as bearing one of the surnames which came into use about the time of Malcolm Ceanmor, A.D. 1090. The name having frequently been spelt Meyners, they have come to be considered a branch of the english family, Manners; but this opinion, although generally received by genealogists, is certainly erroneous: ancient orthography is very unsettled, and this name appears in various forms. The Gaëlic appelation is Meinn, which is Meinnanich in the plural, and is often, corruptly pronounced Meinnarich."
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