Given name · Armenian
Մինաս
“Menas of Egypt”
Մինաս (Minas) is a masculine given name from Old Armenian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Minas.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Մինաս goes back to Ancient Greek Μηνᾶς, meaning “Menas of Egypt.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Մինաս comes from Old Armenian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Armenian usage, Մինաս developed from Μηνᾶς.
Մինաս’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Մինաս developed from the Ancient Greek form Μηνᾶς. In Armenian usage, Մինաս can be written in the Roman alphabet as MINAS. In Armenian usage, Մինաս shares a linguistic root with the Coptic form ⲙⲏⲛⲁ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Մինաս has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Մինաս comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
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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