Egyptian Name Generator

Five real names of ancient Egypt a press, each with its transliteration and what the name says.

BakenranefEgyptian bꜣk-n-rn.f: servant of his name. Borne by a pharaoh.
UsermaatreEgyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ: the righteousness of the Sun (Ra) is powerful. Borne by a pharaoh.
NefermaatEgyptian nfr-mꜣꜥt: Maat/justice is beautiful.
MaathorneferureEgyptian mꜣꜣt-ḥr-nfrw-rꜥ: (one) seeing Horus, the beauty of Ra.
NeferureEgyptian nfrw-rꜥ: the Beauty of Ra.

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How it works

This ancient Egyptian name generator deals five real names from the age of the pharaohs. Each card gives the usual English spelling, the scholars' transliteration and what the name says: Amenhotep is "Amun is satisfied".

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Draw names and read what each says

Press Pick 5 new Egyptian names. The Given to menu under the button keeps to names given to women or to men. Many names are short sentences about a god: Meritamen is "she whom Amon loves" and Ptahwer is "Ptah is great".

Egyptian pharaoh name generator

Choose More filters in the menu, then Borne by a pharaoh. The draw keeps to names that a ruler on Wikipedia's list of pharaohs carried, such as Ramesses, Seti and Mentuhotep. The row above it keeps to names built on Amun, Ra, Ptah, Sobek or Isis.

Questions and answers

What are some ancient Egyptian names?

Amenhotep, Ramesses, Imhotep and Sobekhotep for men, and Nefertari, Meresankh, Hetepheres and Ankhesenamun for women. Every name here has an entry as an Egyptian given name in English Wiktionary, which is where its transliteration and meaning come from.

What do ancient Egyptian names mean?

Many are whole sentences. Amenhotep says "Amun is satisfied", Neferhotep "the beautiful one is content" and Meresankh "she loves life". Others are a short phrase, as Siptah is: "son of Ptah".

How many names did a pharaoh have?

Five, in the full royal titulary, which was standard from the Middle Kingdom. The last was the personal name, the one given at birth. The mark on these cards shows only that a ruler on the list of pharaohs carried the name.

Are these names used in Egypt today?

This page lists names of ancient Egypt only, taken from dictionary entries for the ancient Egyptian language. Names given in Egypt today are a different list and are not on this page.

All 81 Egyptian names

Women's names 30

Ahhotep Egyptian jꜥḥ-ḥtp: Iah/the moon is content.
Ankhesenamun Egyptian ꜥnḫ.s-n-jmn: she lives for Amun.
Henuttawy Egyptian ḥnwt-tꜣwj: mistress of Egypt.
Hetepheres Egyptian ḥtp-ḥr.s: her face is content.
Isetemkheb Egyptian ꜣst-m-ꜣḫ-bjt: Isis is in Chemmis.
Isetnofret Egyptian ꜣst-nfrt: Isis is beautiful.
Maathorneferure Egyptian mꜣꜣt-ḥr-nfrw-rꜥ: (one) seeing Horus, the beauty of Ra.
Meresankh Egyptian mr.s-ꜥnḫ: she loves life.
Meretnebty Egyptian mrt-nbtj: (she) whom the Two Ladies love.
Merit-Ptah Egyptian mryt-ptḥ: (she) whom Ptah loves.
Meritamen Egyptian mryt-jmn: (she) whom Amon loves.
Meritaten Egyptian mryt-jtn: (she) whom the Aten loves.
Meritites Egyptian mryt-jt.s: (she) whom her father loves.
Merytre Egyptian mryt-rꜥ: (she) whom Ra loves.
Mutnofret Egyptian mwt-nfr.t: Mut is beautiful.
Neferhetepes Egyptian nfr-ḥtp.s: her peace is beautiful.
Neferneferuaten Egyptian nfr-nfrw-jtn: beautiful one of the beautiful ones of Aten. Borne by a pharaoh.
Neferneferure Egyptian nfr-nfrw-rꜥ: beautiful one of the beautiful ones of Ra.
Nefertari Egyptian nfrt-jrj: roughly, the most beautiful (one) among them.
Neferthenut Egyptian nfrt-ḥnwt, from beautiful (one) + lady.
Nefertiabet Egyptian nfrt-jꜣbt: the beautiful (one) of the east.
Nefertiti Egyptian nfrt-jj.tj: the Beautiful One has Come.
Nefertkau Egyptian nfrt-kꜣw: the beautiful one of kas.
Neferubity Egyptian nfrw-bjtj: the beauty of the king of Lower Egypt.
Neferuptah Egyptian nfrw-ptḥ: the beauty of Ptah.
Neferure Egyptian nfrw-rꜥ: the Beauty of Ra.
Neferusobek Egyptian nfrw-sbk: the beauty of Sobek. Borne by a pharaoh.
Nitocris Egyptian nt-jqr.t: Neith is excellent.
Persenet Egyptian pr-snt: a sister comes forth.
Tentamun Egyptian tꜣ-nt-jmn: she of Amun.

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Men's names 51

Ahmose Egyptian jꜥḥ-ms: the moon is born or Iah is born. Borne by a pharaoh.
Amenhotep Egyptian jmn-ḥtp: Amun is satisfied. Borne by a pharaoh.
Amenmose Egyptian jmn-ms: Amun is born.
Amennakht Egyptian jmn-nḫt: Amun is strong.
Apries Egyptian wꜣḥ-jb-rꜥ: the heart of Ra endures. Borne by a pharaoh.
Bakenranef Egyptian bꜣk-n-rn.f: servant of his name. Borne by a pharaoh.
Dedumose Egyptian ḏḏw-ms: (the one) who is given birth. Borne by a pharaoh.
Djedhor Egyptian ḏd-ḥr: Horus says. Borne by a pharaoh.
Harsiese Egyptian ḥr-zꜣ-ꜣst: Horus, son of Isis. Borne by a pharaoh.
Imhotep Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp: (the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely. Borne by a pharaoh.
Intef Egyptian jn-jt.f: (he) whom his father brought. Borne by a pharaoh.
Iuseneb Egyptian jw-snb: (the one) coming healthy.
Khaemwaset Egyptian ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst: (the one) appearing in Thebes. Borne by a pharaoh.
Khnumhotep Egyptian ẖnmw-ḥtp: Khnum is content.
Mentuhotep Egyptian mnṯw-ḥtp: Montu is content. Borne by a pharaoh.
Mentuwoser Egyptian mnṯw-wsr: Montu is powerful.
Merneptah Egyptian mry-n-ptḥ, from beloved + of + Ptah. Borne by a pharaoh.
Meryamun Egyptian mry-jmn: (one) whom Amon loves. Borne by a pharaoh.
Meryre Egyptian mry-rꜥ: (one) whom Ra loves. Borne by a pharaoh.
Nayfaurud Egyptian nꜣy.f-ꜥꜣw-rwḏ: his great ones are prospering, or his greatness is prospering. Borne by a pharaoh.
Necho Egyptian n-kꜣw: (the one) belonging to the kas. Borne by a pharaoh.
Nectanebo Egyptian nḫt-nb.f: the strong one of his lord. Borne by a pharaoh.
Neferhotep Egyptian nfr-ḥtp: the beautiful one is content. Borne by a pharaoh.
Neferkare Egyptian nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ: the fine (one) of the ka of Ra. Borne by a pharaoh.
Nefermaat Egyptian nfr-mꜣꜥt: Maat/justice is beautiful.
Nemtinakht Egyptian nmtj-nḫt: Nemti is strong.
Onuphrius Egyptian wnn-nfr: one who continually exists in being good/perfect/beautiful.
Panehesy Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj: the Nubian.
Pedubast Egyptian pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt: the given of Bastet. Borne by a pharaoh.
Ptahmose Egyptian ptḥ-ms: Ptah is born.
Ptahshepses Egyptian ptḥ-špss: Ptah is noble/esteemed.
Ptahwer Egyptian ptḥ-wr: Ptah is great.
Rahotep Egyptian rꜥ-ḥtp: Ra is content. Borne by a pharaoh.
Ramesses Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw: Ra is the one who begot him. Borne by a pharaoh.
Ramose Egyptian rꜥ-ms: Ra is born.
Rudamun Egyptian rwḏ-jmn: Amun is firm/Amun succeeds. Borne by a pharaoh.
Sebekemhab Egyptian sbk-m-ḥꜣb: Sobek is in festival.
Senenmut Egyptian sn-n-mwt: Mother's brother.
Seti Egyptian stẖj: Sethian. Borne by a pharaoh.
Setnakhte Egyptian stẖ-nḫt: Set is strong. Borne by a pharaoh.
Siamun Egyptian zꜣ-jmn: son of Amun. Borne by a pharaoh.
Siese Egyptian zꜣ-ꜣst: son of Isis. Borne by a pharaoh.
Siptah Egyptian zꜣ-ptḥ: son of Ptah. Borne by a pharaoh.
Sisobek Egyptian zꜣ-sbk: son of Sobek.
Sobekhotep Egyptian sbk-ḥtp: Sobek is content. Borne by a pharaoh.
Tefnakht Egyptian tꜣ.f-nḫt: his strength. Borne by a pharaoh.
Tutankhamon Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn: the Living Image of Amun. Borne by a pharaoh.
Tutankhaten Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn: living image of the Aten. Borne by a pharaoh.
Userkaf Egyptian wsr-kꜣ.f: his life-force is powerful. Borne by a pharaoh.
Usermaatre Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ: the righteousness of the Sun (Ra) is powerful. Borne by a pharaoh.
Usermontu Egyptian wsr-mnṯw: Montu is powerful.

How this list was compiled: A list by a written rule, built on 2 October 2026. A name is listed when English Wiktionary's category 'Egyptian given names' (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Egyptian_given_names, 172 entries that day, with its lists for men and for women) holds an entry for it, the entry gives the name's usual English form, and its etymology states what the name says or gives the meaning of each word it is built from. The transliteration on each card is the entry's title, in the scholars' spelling; the meaning is the entry's own wording, the sentence or phrase its etymology gives after 'thus' or 'literally' (for Tutankhamon the meaning its name line gives, and for Tutankhaten the literal meaning that the Tutankhamon entry gives for it); where the entry gives only the parts (Neferthenut and Merneptah) the card prints them joined by a plus sign. Nayfaurud carries both readings its entry calls plausible. Left out: 14 names of foreign rulers that were only written in Egyptian (Greek, Persian and Latin names), 29 entries with no English form, 30 with no stated meaning, 6 whose meaning the entry calls uncertain, and 7 whose English form is two words. The mark 'Borne by a pharaoh' is set when the name stands in a ruler's name cell on English Wikipedia's 'List of pharaohs' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pharaohs, read the same day; Amun, Amon and Amen count as one spelling), when the dictionary entry itself says the name was a pharaoh's (Tutankhaten among them), or when the opening of English Wikipedia's article on a ruler of that list gives the name as the ruler's (Neferusobek in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobekneferu, Nayfaurud in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepherites_I): 36 of the 81 cards. Nitocris carries no mark, because the list and the dictionary entry both doubt that a pharaoh bore the name. A card without the mark is not a statement that no ruler bore the name. In the row 'Names a god', the Two Ladies of Meretnebty count as goddesses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Ladies) and Onuphrius, which its entry calls an epithet of Osiris, counts as a god's name. A card names a name, not a person. 51 names given to men and 30 given to women. Licence: English Wiktionary and English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The selection is our own work.