Given name · also Egyptian
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ
“undying, immortal”
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ (athanasios) is a masculine given name from Coptic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Coptic and Old Nubian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ goes back to a word meaning “undying, immortal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ comes from Coptic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Coptic usage, ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ developed from Ἀθανάσιος.
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ’s family of names
In Coptic usage, ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀθανάσιος. In Coptic usage, ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ can be written in the Roman alphabet as ATHANASIOS. In Old Nubian usage, ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ has a conventional equivalent in the English form Athanasius.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ 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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