Given name · also Egyptian
ⲥⲓⲱⲛ
“Mount Zion; Jerusalem”
ⲥⲓⲱⲛ (siōn) is a feminine given name from Coptic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Old Nubian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ⲥⲓⲱⲛ goes back to Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (Ṣiyyôn), meaning “Mount Zion; Jerusalem.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ⲥⲓⲱⲛ comes from Coptic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Coptic ⲥⲓⲱⲛ, from Koine Greek Σιών, from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (Ṣiyyôn, “Mount Zion; Jerusalem”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ⲥⲓⲱⲛ’s family of names
In Old Nubian usage, ⲥⲓⲱⲛ has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zion. In Old Nubian usage, ⲥⲓⲱⲛ can be written in the Roman alphabet as siōn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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