Meaning and origin unknown. The element 'peti' occurs in other names (Peti, Petiallam, Ishapeti, Espeti). It may be of Nubian origin, deriving from ⲡⲉⲧ(ⲧ)ⲓ-, 'date, date palm'.
Meaning: The name should perhaps be analysed as the transliteration of the Arabic Bayt al-Laḥm (بيتاللحم), 'house of meat', which is the Arabic version of the toponym Bethlehem (pers. comm. R. Seignobos).
The element 'peti' occurs in other names (Peti, Petikesari, Espeti, Ishapeti). It may be of Nubian origin, deriving from ⲡⲉⲧ(ⲧ)ⲓ-, 'date, date palm'.
Meaning and origin unknown.
TM People classifies ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲥⲁ as a variant (VAR 65348) of Petosarapis (NAM 892), but this is highly improbable, as the name is unattested after 3rd cent. AD.