{"id":454,"date":"2025-04-08T21:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:36:55","slug":"minoan-names-in-mycenaean-times-the-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/minoan-and-mycenaean-names\/minoan-names-in-mycenaean-times-the-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Minoan Names in Mycenaean Times: The Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">This is a short list of names from Linear B sources that scholars generally agree are non-Greek, and probably Minoan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Female Names<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The endings of these names are Hellenized. -A, -e, -o, and -u remain as they are, but -i becomes -is. For example, ko-pi becomes Kopis and sa-mi becomes Samis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Many possibly-Minoan female names end in -o. This ending is rare in Archaic Greek and Mycenaean Greek feminine names, so we may have a brief glimpse into Minoan tastes in female names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">a-nu-wa-to<br>ka-na-to-po<br>ka-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-so-ta<br>ki-nu-qa<br>ki-zo<br>ko-pi<br>ku-tu-qa-no<br>o-sa-po-to<br>pa<sub>3<\/sub>-po-so<br>qe-pa-ta-no<br>ru-ta<sub>2<\/sub>-no (ru-tja-no)<br>sa-mi<br>sa-ti-qi-to<br>tu-ka-na<br>tu-ka-to<br>tu-zo<br>wi-da-ma-ta<sub>2<\/sub> (wi-da-ma-tja)<br>wi-ja-na-tu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Male Names<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The endings of these names are Hellenized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">-a becomes -as<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-e becomes -es<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-i becomes -is<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-o becomes -os<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-u becomes -us<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-wo becomes -won<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">-i-jo becomes -ios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">a-nu-wi-ko<br>a-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-da-ro<br>a-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-no<br>a-qi-ro, a-qi-ru<br>a-ra-da-jo<br>a-ra-ka-jo<br>a-ra-ko<br>a-ra-na-ro<br>a-ra-so<br>a-wa-so<br>da-i-ta-ra-ro<br>da-ra-mu-ro<br>da-zo<br>di-de-ro<br>di-ka-ta-ro<br>di-ra-qo<br>di-ta-ka-so<br>di-za-so<br>di-zo<br>do-ti-jo-no<br>du-pu<sub>2<\/sub>-ra-zo, da-pu<sub>2<\/sub>-ra-zo<br>du-ri<br>du-ru-po<br>du-ta-so<br>e-mi-ja-ta<br>ja-ma-ra<br>ja-ma-ta-ro<br>ja-pa-ra-ro<br>ja-qo<br>ja-ra-to<br>ja-sa-no<br>ja-sa-ro, a-sa-ro<br>ja-ti-ri<br>je-zo<br>ka-da-i-so (pronounced ka-da-hi-so)<br>ka-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-na-to<br>ka-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-no<br>ka-sa-ro<br>ke-u-sa<br>ki-ke-ro, ki-ke-ru<br>ki-mu-ko, ki-mu-ku<br>ko-ni-da-jo<br>ko-ro<br>ko-ti<br>ku-da-jo<br>ku-i-so (pronounced ku-hi-so)<br>ku-ka-da-ro<br>ku-ka-ro<br>ku-ka-so<br>ku-ke-so<br>ku-mi-so<br>ku-pa-nu-we-to<br>ma-di-qo<br>ma-ki<br>mi-ja-ra-ro<br>mi-ta-qo<br>mi-ti<br>na-ki-zo<br>no-da-ro<br>no-si-ro<br>pa<sub>3<\/sub>-ni-sa-ta<br>pa<sub>3<\/sub>-ti<br>pa-ja-so<br>pa-pa-ro<br>pa-ti<br>pi-ma-na-ro<br>pi-ra-qo<br>po-ro-tu-qo-no<br>pu<sub>2<\/sub>-ru-da-ro<br>pu-da-so<br>pu-nu-so<br>pu-ri<br>qa-da-ro<br>qa-da-so<br>qa-i-po<br>qa-nu-wa-so, qa-nwa-so (nu-wa-is pronounced &#8220;nwa&#8221;)<br>qa-qa-ro<br>qa-ra-i-so (pronounced qa-ra-hi-so)<br>qa-si-da-ro<br>qa-to-no-ro<br>qe-ri<br>qi-ja-zo<br>qi-nwa-so<br>qi-ta-ro<br>qi-zo<br>ra-ni<br>ra-wi-zo<br>ri-ma-zo<br>ri-wi-so<br>ri-zo<br>ru-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-ra-so<br>sa-ma-ja-so<br>sa-ma-ri-wa-ta<br>sa-sa-jo<br>sa-zo<br>si-ja-ma<br>si-ja-ma-to<br>si-ja-pu<sub>2<\/sub>-ro<br>si-ki-to<br>si-pu<sub>2<\/sub><br>si-ta-ro<br>si-za<br>su-mi<br>su-po<br>su-ru-so<br>ta-de-so<br>ta-mi-de-so<br>ta-na-po-so<br>ta-na-to<br>ta-ra-qo<br>ta-so<br>ta-ta-ro<br>ta-u-na-so<br>te-mi<br>te-ru-sa<br>ti-mi-za<br>tu-da-ra<br>tu-ma-da-ro<br>tu-pa<sub>3<\/sub>-da-ro<br>tu-qa-ni-ja-so<br>tu-ti<br>wa-du-na<br>wa-du-na-ro<br>wa-du-na-to<br>wa-wi<br>wi-da-jo<br>wi-da-ka-so<br>wi-ja-ma-ro<br>wi-je-so<br>za-mi-so<br>za-ra-ro<br>ze-me<br>ze-ro<br>ze-wa-so<br>zo-do-so<br>zo-ta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Updated April 8, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short list of names from Linear B sources that scholars generally agree are non-Greek, and probably Minoan. Female Names The endings of these names are Hellenized. -A, -e, -o, and -u remain as they are, but -i becomes -is. For example, ko-pi becomes Kopis and sa-mi becomes Samis. Many possibly-Minoan female names [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":285,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/456"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}