Meaning: perhaps ⲉⲛⲟ-, 'O mother!' + ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙⲏ = 'mother Mariami'. The element ⲉⲛⲟ- at the beginning may not be an integral part of the name, but a title 'mother', analogous to ⲡⲁⲡⲟ, 'father', attested with names of some Nubian bishops and being most probably Nubian rendering of ⲁⲃⲃⲁ.