Masculine Nubian Given Names from Coptic and Greek Inscriptions
Ursula Georges and Aryanhwy merch Catmael
The following is a brief list of masculine given names from medieval Christian Nubia, taken from inscriptions written in Coptic and Greek. Although we have divided the names according to the dominant language of the inscription, the Coptic alphabet was sometimes used to record names in Greek inscriptions, and vice versa.
Coptic Inscriptions
Name Date Notes Aarôn 972 bishop of Faras Balô no date monk Dios ninth century monk Diônisios no date deacon Epiphanios no date priest Geôr`gi' 930 king Geôr`g' 1097 bishop of Faras (his name is spelt out as Geôrgiou in other inscriptions) Geôrgiou 1029 Abba, and bishop of Kourte Hêlias 930 Abba, and bishop of Faras Ïêsou 930 eparch of Nobadia Ïêsou 1054 bishop of Sai Iôannou 1037 priest Iôhannês no date monk Marios no date monk Markos 707 eparch Merkourios 707 king Michaêl no date Michaêlkouda tenth century Orna ninth century Paulos 707 bishop of Faras Paulos no date Petros ninth to tenth century monk Petros no date Petrou 1029 deacon Petrou 1062 bishop of Faras Philotheos tenth or eleventh century priest Tirsakouni no date monk Zach[arias] 930 king Greek Inscriptions
Name Date Notes Abraam no date Dauid 9th-10th C a king Enôch 824/5 Ephannê no date an abba, priest & archimandrite Geôrgios no date a deacon Geôrgios 887 a king Hoase 1163 Hoassi 1159 Hoasse 1161 Iakôb no date an abba Iêsous no date Iesousinkouda 1102 eparch of Nobadia Iôannês 8th-10th C a monk Iôannês 883 an eparch Iôannês 8th-10th C Iôannês 1005 a bishop Iôannês mikros before 11th C Ioannes the little, a monk Isaak. no date the period represents a dot below the 'k' Isous 1169 a bishop (name is a variant of Iêsous) Kollouthos 923 a bishop Mariana 1159 Mariankouda 887 a tetrarch Marturophoros 1159 a bishop Michaêl no date may be the name of a monk, or of the archangel Mashshouda Eisminna 1084 Petros 798 an eparch Prochoros no date a monk Sentiko(l) 1161 Solomôn no date a priest Theodôros 8th-10th C T.ophêna 887 The period follows the first letter Zach[arias] 824/5 Zacharias 883 a king
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