Shenouda
Shenouda is an Egyptian male name, which is commonly used among Egyptian Christians. The name comes from Coptic: Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ and is a composite of the Egyptian words: še, en- and Noude / Nouti, thus meaning the son of God.
- Coptic
Meaning & Origin of Shenouda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shenouda is an Egyptian male name, which is commonly used among Egyptian Christians. The name comes from Coptic: Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ and is a composite of the Egyptian words: še, en- and Noude / Nouti, thus meaning the son of God.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Coptic
The Story of Shenouda
The earliest SSA record of Shenouda as a baby boy name dates back to 2012, when 21 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Shenouda — #4,531 in the national rankings. About 94% of every Shenouda on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Shenouda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 88 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shenouda
Shenouda is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 88 births in the dataset. Shenouda's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #4,531. Use the chart and map above to compare Shenouda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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