Egyptian Names
Egyptian baby names go back thousands of years and bring to mind ancient pharaohs—Ptolemy and Cleopatra. Modern Egyptian names are closely related to Arabic names so be sure to take a peek at both.
Top Egyptian Baby Names
From Nour to Lapis, here are some of our favorite 2017 picks to get your search started.
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Egyptian: Ra - personification of the power of the universe and god of a united Egypt
Egyptian: The great god of Thebes of uncertain origin; This god is also the Hermopolitian Ogdoad and is represented as a man, sometimes...
Hebrew: Hidden, possibly builder; name of one of the kings of Judah
In primitive times, Anubis was merely the jackal god. He was associated with the dead because the jackal was generally seen...
Egyptian: Gift of the sun-god; In the Bible, Asenath is Joseph''s Egyptian wife and mother of his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
Egyptian: Goddess of Syrian origin introduced into Egypt during the 18th Dynasty.
Latin: Phoenician predecessor to the Greek Aphrodite, mythology places her as goddess of war, passionate love, and fertility.
Egyptian: The original sun-god of Heliopolis who was later identified as Ra (Re); Atum was a primordial god that was represented in...
Egyptian: Another name for Isis; Most powerful of the female Egyptian goddesses, she was consort and sister to Osirus, mother of Horus...
Egyptian: In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was a cat-goddess whose cult-center was at Bubastis in the Nile Delta. In the Late Period she...
Egyptian: Masculine variation of the same name; In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was a cat-goddess whose cult-center was at Bubastis in...
Egyptian: A dwarf-deity with leonine features; Bes is a domestic god, protector against snakes and various terrors. He was venerated...
Egyptian Origin
Greek: Of a famous father or glory of the father; Cleopatra was a queen of ancient Egypt and mistress to Julius Caesar and Mark...