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You can use the family tree to search for a particular name / people with a particular name (using either TM's stable identifiers, the TM Nam ID or TM Per ID , or by typing in a name), or for sets of people with a particular name, patronymic and/or metronymic.

Extra search options are provided in order to look for name compounds and / or elements.

To search for specific attestations of names, please use the advanced search form for TM Ref.

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Please select a name compound from the list below by clicking on it (wildcards are added automatically). The first list gives the most common compounds and endings (attested in 20 or more names), where abstraction is made of other elements of the name (e.g. in this list -δωρος also includes those labelled more specifically as 'DN-δωρος', 'PN-δωρος', etc). The second list is an exhaustive overview of all possible categories in TM Nam.

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DN = divine name
GN = geographical name
PN = personal name
RN = royal name

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This field allows you to limit your search to names that contain a particular element. At the moment, this option is limited to a) gods, b) animals, and c) some elements that may be religiously inspired (e.g. 'two brothers'). Please select an element from the list below by clicking on it (wildcards are added automatically).

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39845 name(s)

(filters: date = -800 to 800)

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Nam ID	Transcription	Greek	Egyptian	Coptic	Latin	# people (not filtered)

2429	Aurelius	Αὐρήλιος	ȝwlȝrs	ⲁⲩⲣⲏⲗⲓⲟⲥ	Aurelius	8923
356	Horos	Ὡρος	Ḥr	ϩⲱⲣ	Horus	6745
1	Apollonios	Ἀπολλώνιος	ȝpwlnys	ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ	Apollonius	4311
5317	Ptolemaios	Πτολεμαῖος	Ptlwmys	ⲡⲧⲟⲗⲉⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ	Ptolemeius	4127
5663	Sarapion	Σαραπίων	Srpyȝn	ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲡⲓⲱⲛ	Sarapio	3875