Given name · also Ancient Greek

Paphnutius

Paphnutius is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Coptic. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Paphnutius comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Coptic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Latin usage, Paphnutius developed from ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ.

Paphnutius’s family of names

In Latin usage, Paphnutius developed from the Coptic form ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ. In English usage, Paphnutius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Pafnucy. In Latin usage, Paphnutius has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Пафнутий.

Walk Paphnutius’s family in the name graph

PaphnutiusПафнутийⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯPafnucy

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Paphnutius has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Egyptian roots to each of them.

Egyptian

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Paphnutius

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