The name seems to be Nubian, although the letter ϫ does not occur in Old Nubian and the element ⲕⲁϫⲟ- is otherwise unidentifiable. The element ⳝⲟⲩⲣⲧⲁ, however, can be analysed as ⳝⲟⲩⲣ-, 'to go' + -ⲧⲁ (abstract deverbative formant) = 'going' / 'coming'. Since the word is attested as a second element of a double name, it may refer to the origin of the person and hence ⲕⲁϫⲟⲛ would designate a toponym.