Thus, the children of such Rajahs and Maharajahs held the Menon title and passed it to subsequent generations matrilineally.
"Mel-avan" soon became "Menavan" finally being contracted into the current form of usage of the title, that is, Menon.
[6] In the Cochin Kingdom, as Francis Day explains, when the Rajah intends to confer this honour, he salutes the person to whom he means to give it, by the title of Menon prefixed to his name, and should two other persons present, immediately address him in the same terms, the title is confirmed, if not he does not receive it.
[7] As soon as a person was made a Menon, he was presented with an Ola(palmyra leaf) as a writing sheet and an iron style, as symbolic of the office he was expected to fill, i.e. of an accountant.
[8] The role of a Menon was connected to supervisory positions or that of a scribe and accountant in Palace or temple, preparing Grantha palm leaf manuscripts.