# Shenoute (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shenoute/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “son of god”, “boy”, “son”, “god” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Sahidic Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (šenoute), Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ (šenouti, “son of God”), from the stem ϣⲉ- (še-) of ϣⲏⲣⲉ (šēre, “boy, son”) + ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute, “god, God”). Doublet of Shenouda.

## What it means

Shenoute is grouped under god.

## In other languages

- Arabic: شِنُودة
- German: Schenute
- Latin: Sinuthius
- Russian: Синуфий

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.