Given name · also Ancient Greek
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
“the god Min”
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ (mēna) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Demotic Egyptian. It is used in Coptic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ goes back to Demotic Egyptian mnw, meaning “the god Min.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Demotic Egyptian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Coptic usage, ⲙⲏⲛⲁ developed from Μηνᾶς.
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ’s family of names
In Coptic usage, ⲙⲏⲛⲁ developed from the Ancient Greek form Μηνᾶς. In Coptic usage, ⲙⲏⲛⲁ can be written in the Roman alphabet as mēna. In Coptic usage, ⲙⲏⲛⲁ shares a linguistic root with the Armenian form Մինաս.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the 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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