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Name 4077

Name
Menas
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'Men'. Inspiration: soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: saint
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4149

Name
Mersh
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Egyptian
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'light red'.
Literature
 
Religious character
 
Secular character

common word: adjective
Unknown character
 
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Name 4316

Name
Nikodemos
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'victory of the people'. Inspiration: New Testament figure who helped entomb Jesus.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: Biblical: NT
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4319

Name
Nikolaos
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'victory of the people'.
Literature
 
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Secular character

proper noun: name
Unknown character
 
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Name 4445

Name
Helene
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'torch' or 'corposant' or related to 'moon'. Inspiration: mother of Emperor Constantine.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: saint
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4596

Name
Hesychios
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'quiet, gentle, reposeful'. Inspiration: perhaps Egyptian bishop and martyr of the 4th century.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: saint
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4717

Name
Soter
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'saviour'. Inspiration: Jesus Christ.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 448
NOM 4, no. 29e
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character

proper noun: Jesus
common word: noun
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4733

Name
Varus
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Latin
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'bent outwards', 'bow-legged'. Inspiration: soldier and martyr in Egypt under Galerius, d. ca. 307.
Literature
I. QI, p. 26
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character

proper noun: saint
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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Name 4906

Name
Parthenios
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name, considered by the all editors to be a variant of the name Parthenios; for a corrected reading, see Ref 704514 and Nam 8963.
Literature
 
Religious character
 
Secular character
 
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Name 4956

Name
Paulos
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Latin
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'small, humble'. Inspiration: Apostle Paul or Paul the First Anchorite
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: Biblical: NT
Secular character
 
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Name 5042

Name
Pesate
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Egyptian
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'arrow'?
Literature
cf. J. Quaegebeur, Le dieu égyptien Shai, Leuven 1975, p. 195
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character
 
Secular character

proper noun: name
Unknown character
 
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Name 5124

Name
Petros
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'stone, rock'. Inspiration: Apostle Peter.
Literature
 
Religious character

proper noun: Biblical: NT
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 
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