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[Facts] Taisia, Taisiya
Does anyone know what exactly it means?It says on this site that it is a form of Thais.However on some other sites I found that it means 'gift of Isis' and that the Greek Thais and the Russian Taisiya, Taisia do not have the same origin, just a similar sound. There is in fact an Egyptian saint named Taisiya.Does anyone know?
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If you check the comment section for Taisiya, the user Lucille has a detailed explanation on that origin - that the saint was possibly named Ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲉ, a Coptic name meaning ‘belonging to Isis’ and the name was varyingly recorded and corrupted as Taesis and Thaisis and confused with Thais.
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