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Name 27470

Name
Stauros
Gender
unisex
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'cross'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 1b
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common word: noun
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Name 27483

Name
Theopistos
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'faithful to God'.
Literature
 
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common word: adjective
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Name 27499

Name
Sael
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Hebrew
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'who is like God'. Inspiration: Mishael was the name of one of Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace from the Book of Daniel.
Literature
NOM 3, pp.. 169–170
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Religious character

proper noun: Biblical: OT
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Name 27607

Name
Mailanni
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local?
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps connected with ⲙⲁⲗⲗ(ⲉ)-, 'to turn', or ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲉ-, 'all, every'. TM classifies it as Greek, but see Heuser 118; moreover, TM considers it female, but the gender of the bearer is not specified.
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Name 27609

Name
Mamou
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
Meaning: possibly cognate with Nobiin ⲙⲁⲙⲉ-, 'root, base, fundament' + -ⲟⲩ.
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common word: noun
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Name 27611

Name
Markini
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown. Heuser suggests that this may be a variant of the Latin Marcinus (pp. 100 & 104) or of the the Arabic Marquni (p. 116). The name may be a variant of Merchani (Nam 201580).
Literature
cf. G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten I: Untersuchungen, Leipzig 1929, pp. 100, 104, 116
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Name 27615

Name
Michaelinkouda
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Semito-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ, Michael + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ-, 'servant' = 'servant of Michael'. TM wrongly identifies the form ⲙⲁⲉⲛⲕⲛⲟⲩⲧ (VAR 64316) as variant of Michaelinkouda.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: Archangel
combination: name+noun
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Name 27616

Name
Menanta
Gender
female
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Greco-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: 'path of St. Menas'. Inspiration: soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena.
Literature
 
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proper noun: saint
combination: name+noun
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Name 27623

Name
Nalandouse
Gender
female
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Heuser, p. 118, suggests this may be a Persian name.
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Name 27625

Name
Nādiya
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'moist, tender, delicate'. Note that Heuser supposes it is a Greek-origin short name from (p. 98).
Literature
cf. G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten I: Untersuchungen, Leipzig 1929, p. 98
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Name 27632

Name
Osesindi
Gender
female
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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Name 27685

Name
Peti
Gender
male
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
Meaning: possibly from ⲡⲉⲧ(ⲧ)ⲓ-, 'date, date palm'. Heuser (p. 26) considers it to be an Egyptian name meaning 'the one who comes'.
Literature
NOM 3, no. 1; cf. G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten I: Untersuchungen, Leipzig 1929, p. 26
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character
 
Secular character

common word: noun
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