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Μήνης
Μήνης (Mínis) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Egyptian. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Menes.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Μήνης comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Egyptian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Μήνης developed from mnj.
Μήνης’s family of names
In Greek usage, Μήνης developed from mnj. In Ancient Greek usage, Μήνης has a conventional equivalent in the English form MENES. In Ancient Greek usage, Μήνης was borrowed from mnj.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Μήνης has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Egyptian roots to each of them.
Egyptianwhere Μήνης comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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