Ancient Egyptian Names
Names from ancient Egypt survive through monuments, royal histories, and mythology. This collection includes Egyptian names and Greek names borne by the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt; the notes distinguish the connections.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The goddess of magic and motherhood, wife of Osiris. | 128#1,625 | Up 826 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
A Greek name borne by queens of the Ptolemaic dynasty. | 28#4,783 | Down 2,121 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
The Egyptian god associated with the dead and renewed life. | 200#1,077 | Down 160 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
A familiar spelling of the royal name borne by Ramesses II. | 95#1,721 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
A Greek royal name borne by several queens of Ptolemaic Egypt. | 42#3,589 | Up 42 rank positions in five years | 1974 | ||
The royal wife of Akhenaten, known from her celebrated portrait bust. | 11#9,287 | Down 1,443 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
A principal royal wife of Ramesses II. | 24#5,351 | Up 255 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
The jackal-associated god of embalming and the care of the dead. | 26#4,054 | Down 482 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The royal wife of Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten. | 6#14,773 | Down 1,413 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
A major Egyptian sun god. | 14#6,354 | Down 720 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The pharaonic name borne by a succession of Egyptian kings. | 14#6,359 | Down 724 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
The personification of truth, justice, and cosmic order. | 7#12,662 | Down 6,438 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
The god of Thebes, often joined with Ra as Amun-Ra. | 9#8,295 | Down 183 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
The falcon-associated god closely connected with kingship. | 12#6,942 | new | 2018 | ||
The Greek dynastic name of Egypt's last ruling house. | 7#10,422 | Up 1,230 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The official and architect associated with Djoser's Step Pyramid. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
An Egyptian god associated with storms, conflict, and the desert. | —Unranked | — | 2022 | ||
Seti I was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
The creator god of Memphis and patron of craftspeople. | —Unranked | — | 2020 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.