Minas
Μηνάς
Minas, in English
the Martyr Menas of Egypt — kept on 11 November.
AI-generated · contemporary interpretation · onomasti original, 2026
Origin
The story of Minas
Minas keeps 11 November — the Martyr Menas of Egypt.
The origin of the name is not settled, so we leave it open rather than guess — the day belongs to the soldier-martyr Menas of Egypt.
“Menas of Egypt.”
onomasti · MinasKey facts
Minas at a glance
Make it yours
Learn Minas
Μηνάς
The accent shows the stress — your voice lifts on the highlighted letter.
In English letters: Minas · Menas
Μηνάς
Copy it and paste it anywhere you can’t type Greek — a text, a card, a cake.
Pass it on. Tell them whose name they carry — and that this day is theirs to keep.
Χρόνια Πολλά
Send Minas a Χρόνια Πολλά
A name day matters more than a birthday in a Greek family — and everyone sends Χρόνια Πολλά. Here is a card to send, and the correct Greek to write, whether or not you can type it yourself.
Warm — someone close
Formal — an elder, or with respect
The card and the wishes are in Greek — the way you would actually send them. We never machine-translate; these are fixed, correct greetings, and the name is woven in only where Greek grammar lets us do it without guessing.
Variations
Forms & nicknames of the name
One name takes many forms — the formal, the everyday, the affectionate, and the spellings that travelled abroad. Each has its own page here, and all share the same day.
English & romanised
Know another form?
Missing a form your family uses? Add it — a person reviews every submission before anything is published.
Namesakes
Notable people named Minas
Iconography
Minas in sacred art
DepictingMartyr Menas of Egypt
Images from Wikimedia Commons under free licences, credited to their source. We show a depiction only where the saint on this name’s day could be identified against our own recorded feast date — never a picture found by searching for the name.
Add a form of this name
A person reviews every submission before anything is published.