Meaning: perhaps ⲉⲛⲟ-, 'O mother!' + ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ + ⲁⳡ-, 'to live' + -ⲁ = 'mother Marianya' < 'mother «living Mary»'. The element ⲉⲛⲟ- at the beginning may not be an integral part of the name, but a title 'mother', analogous to ⲡⲁⲡⲟ, 'father', attested with names of some Nubian bishops and being most probably Nubian rendering of ⲁⲃⲃⲁ. This is all the more probable since ⲉⲛⲟ is separated by a mid-dot from the rest of the name.