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Name 24035

Name
Priscilla
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Latin
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'venerable, ancient, classical, primordial (f.)'. Inspiration: companion of Paul the Apostle.
Literature
 
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proper noun: Biblical: NT
Secular character
 
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Name 24095

Name
Prosdokia
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: 'expectation'.
Literature
van der Vliet – Worp 2015, p. 32 (identification of ⲡⲣⲱⲧⲟⲕⲓⲁ/ⲡⲣⲱⲧⲟⲕⲉⲓ with Προσδοκία)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
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common word: noun
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Name 25461

Name
Manases
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Hebrew
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'causing to forget'. Inspiration: eldest son of Joseph or King of Judah.
Literature
 
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proper noun: Biblical: OT
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Name 25501

Name
Theognoste
Gender
female
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'known by god (f.)'. Inspiration: virgin from the time of Honorius and Arcarius, converter of Iberes.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: saint
Secular character
 
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Name 27263

Name
Aḥmad
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'he who is more laudable'.
Literature
 
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Name 27264

Name
'Ā'isha
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'she who is alive'. Inspiration: 'Ā'isha bint Abū Bakr, wife of the Prophet.
Literature
 
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proper noun: Islamic
Secular character
 
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Name 27267

Name
Amana
Gender
female
Structure
compound?
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
Meaning: Heuser (p. 125) suggests 'mother Anna', from ⲁⲙⲁ + ⲁⲛⲛⲁ, but this is rather a Nubian name consisting of ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-, 'river' + -ⲁ = 'the river'.
Literature
cf. G. Heuser, Die Personennamen der Kopten I: Untersuchungen, Leipzig 1929, p. 125
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character
 
Secular character

common word: participle
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Name 27297

Name
Bilāl
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'moisture; water'. Inspiration: the first mu'azzin.
Literature
 
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Name 27311

Name
Christine
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'Christian (f.)'. Inspiration: 3rd-century martyr of Tyre.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: saint
common word: adjective
Secular character
 
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Name 27312

Name
Christodoulos
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'slave of Christ'.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: Jesus
combination: name+noun
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 27388

Name
Metanoia
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: 'repentance'.
Literature
 
Religious character

common word: noun
Secular character
 
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Name 27437

Name
Pouthios
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Origin and meaning unknown, but the ending -os suggests a Greek or Greekised name.
Literature
 
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