Save Gender Masculine Usage Coptic (Sahidic) Scripts ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ, ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ(Coptic) Other Forms FormsPnoute Meaning & History Means "the God" or simply "God" in the Coptic language. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian masculine prefix (or article/pronoun) pa combined with Egyptian nuti "God".