Egyptian girl names starting with A
Acenath – Acenath as a girl’s name is of Egyptian origin, and the meaning of Acenath is ‘she belongs to her father’. Acenath is a variant of the Egyptian name Asenath.
Ambarlie – Ambarlie as a girl’s name is of Arabic and Old English origins, and the meaning of Ambarlie is ‘amber’. Ambarlie is a variant of Amberly, a combination of the Arabic name Amber and the Old English name Kimberly.
Anat – A wife of Seth
Anippe – Daughter of the Nile
Asenat – Hebrew form of ASENATH
Asenath – Gift of the sun-god, In the Bible, Asenath is Joseph”s Egyptian wife and mother of his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
Asenath – Means ‘devoted to the goddess NEITH’ in Ancient Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph’s Egyptian wife. She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim
Aseneth – Form of ASENATH used in the Latin Bible
Asenneth – Form of ASENATH used in the Greek Old Testament
Astarte – Goddess of Syrian origin introduced into Egypt during the 18th Dynasty.
Auset – Another name for Isis, Most powerful of the female Egyptian goddesses, she was consort and sister to Osirus, mother of Horus, and is usually depicted as a motherly woman with arms wide open.
Azeneth – Spanish form of ASENATH
Egyptian girl names starting with B
Bast – Possibly means ‘fire, heat’ or ‘ointment jar’ in Egyptian. In Egyptian mythology Bast was a goddess of cats, fertility and the sun who was considered a protector of Lower Egypt. She was often depicted with the head of a lioness or a house cat. As her role in the Egyptian pantheon diminished, she was called Bastet
Bastet – In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was a cat-goddess whose cult-center was at Bubastis in the Nile Delta. In the Late Period she was regarded as a beneficent deity.
Bastet – Variant of BAST. This form of the name, a diminutive, was given to her after the similar goddess Sekhmet (protector of Upper Egypt) became more important
Berenike – One who brings victory.
Egyptian girl names starting with C
Chione – Mythical daughter of the Nile
Chione – Daughter of Nile
Cleopatra –
Cliupatra – A form of given name Cleopatra, meaning she who brings glory to the father.
Comter – daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke
Egyptian girl names starting with D
Dalilah – Languish, weak
Dora – Short form of DOROTTYA and names that end in dora, such as TEODORA or HALLDORA
Dorean – Variant of DOREEN
Doreen – Combination of DORA and the name suffix een. The name was (first) used by novelist Edna Lyall in her novel ‘Doreen’ (1894)
Doretta – Diminutive of DORA
Doria – Possibly a feminine form of DORIAN or an elaboration of DORA
Dorina – Elaboration of DORA
Dorinda – Combination of DORA and the name suffix inda. It was apparently coined by the English writers John Dryden and William D’Avenant for their play ‘The Enchanted Island’ (1667). In the play, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, Dorinda is the sister of Miranda
Dorine – Variant of DOREEN
Dorita – Diminutive of DORA
Egyptian girl names starting with E
Easter – Easter as a girl’s name is of Egyptian origin meaning ‘Christian spring festival’.
Ebonee – Black.
Ebonee – Its Egyptian and greek meaning is Black.
Eboney – Its derived from the Egyptian word ebony meaning is Black.
Eboni – Its Egyptian meaning is Black.
Ebonique – Black.
Ebony – Black.
Ebony – A person who is beautiful both from inside and outside.
Edrice – A prosperous ruler
Egyptian girl names starting with F
Farida –
Feme – A name of love
Fukayna – Knowledgeable, intelligent
Egyptian girl names starting with G
Gamila – Beautiful
Egyptian girl names starting with H
Habibah – My sweetheart, my beloved
Hasina – Good
Hathor – The goddess of love, dance, and alcohol was depicted as a cow. At Thebes she was also Sakmet, the goddess of the dead and destruction. She was worshipped at Dendera as the consort of Horus and Edfu, and was associated with Isis at Byblos.
Hathor – Greek form of Egyptian Het-Heru meaning ‘the house of Horus’, derived from Egyptian hwt ‘house’ combined with Hr the god HORUS. In Egyptian mythology she was the goddess of love, often depicted with the head of a cow
Hatshepsut – Princess Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and Queen Ahmes
Heba – The Gift of God, Generous Gift
Heqet – Mythical frog-headed goddess of Antinoopolis where she was associated with Khnum, a helper of women in childbirth.
Het-Heru – Egyptian form of HATHOR
Egyptian girl names starting with I
Isadora – Variant of ISIDORA. A famous bearer was the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)
Iset – Reconstructed Egyptian form of ISIS
Isidora – Feminine form of ISIDORE. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess
Isis – Most powerful of the female Egyptian goddesses, she was consort and sister to Osirus, mother of Horus, and is usually depicted as a motherly woman with arms wide open. Isis was worshipped at the Island of Philae, and was later worshipped over the entire Roman Empire.
Isis – Greek form of Egyptian Ist (reconstructed as Iset or Ueset), which possibly meant ‘the throne’. In Egyptian mythology Isis was the goddess of the sky and nature, the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She was originally depicted wearing a throne-shaped headdress, but in later times she was conflated with the goddess Hathor and depicted having the horns of a cow on her head. She was also worshipped by people outside of Egypt, such as the Greeks and Romans
Issy – Diminutive of ISIDORE, ISABELLA and other names beginning with Is
Izidora – Hungarian form of ISIDORA
Izzy – Diminutive of ISIDORE, ISABEL, ISRAEL, and other names beginning with a similar sound
Egyptian girl names starting with J
Jomana – people with this name are noble and most admired. They love music and are cheerful. They never regret their decisions and are old fashioned.
Egyptian girl names starting with K
Kamilah – Perfection
Keket – Mythical goddess of darkness
Kesi – Born of a troubled father
Khepri – The scarab-beetle god identified with Re (Ra) as a creator god, often represented as a beetle within the sun-disk
Khepri – Morning sun
Kissa – Sister of twins
Kissa – Kissa means Sister of Twins
Kleopatra – A form of Cleopatra, meaning glory to father.
Egyptian girl names starting with L
Lapis – A beautiful azure-blue stone that has been used in jewelry and for its medicinal value since ancient times
Lapis – A semi-precious stone of the intense blue colour
Lateefah Latifah – A woman who has gentle,kind and tame nature
Lateefah – Pleasant and kind person of tender character
Layla –
Lotus –
Egyptian girl names starting with M
Maat – Mythical goddess of orderly conduct, order, truth and justice, she was represented as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head.
Mandisa –
Mandisa – Egyptian name describing something sweet
Mariam – Hebrew – Wished for child, Sea of bitterness, To Swell, A variant form of Maria, As Mary.
Masika – A girl who was born during the rain
Massika – She is born during the rain
Maye – Amun’s beloved one
Midge – darling one to Amun.
Mosi – Born first
Moswen – The light skin toned person
Mut – Mythical mother, ancient Egyptian war goddess, consort of Amon and part of the Theban Triad group of gods. Mut was worshipped at Thebes.
Egyptian girl names starting with N
Nabirye – Mother of twins
Naeemah – A caring and compassionate woman.
Nailah – Successful
Nailah – Positive, uplifting, and triumphant.
Nane – A nice natured person
Nanu – Pretty or cute or handsome.
Naunet – Mythical goddess of the ocean
Nawa – Storm, Those storms that recur roughly at the same time each year have names, taken from the historic Coptic language.
Neema – Born to wealthy parents
Nefertari – The most pretty or gorgeous or nice looking.
Neferteri – The gorgeous one, prettiest
Nefertiri – The one who is most gorgeous, attractive and smart looking.
Nefertiti – The beautiful woman has come, name of ancient Egyptian queen
Nefertiti – One of the names of the lady monarch.
Neferure – Human being, mankind or woman kind.
Nefret – Most stunning, lovely, nice looking.
Neith – The divine mother, great creator-goddess, In ancient Egyptian mythology, Neith is shown wearing a red crown, her emblem is a shield with two crossed arrows worn on her head. Neith was later associated with Athena by the Greeks .
Neith – Greek form of Egyptian Nit, possibly meaning ‘water’. This was the name of an early Egyptian goddess of weaving, hunting and war. Her character may have some correspondences with the goddesses Tanith, Anat or Athena
Nenet – The person who is spiritual and divine.
Nephthys – Mythical nature goddess, sister of Isis
Nephthys – Greek form of Egyptian Nebt-Het meaning ‘lady of the house’, derived from Egyptian nbt ‘lady’ and hwt ‘house’. This was the name of an Egyptian goddess associated with the air, death and mourning. She was wife of the desert god Seth
Net – The divine mother
Nile – From the Nile
Nit – Variant of NEITH
Nour – The person who has superfluous in whole things.
Nubia – From Nubia (ancient name for Ethiopia)
Nubia – The one who resembles golden treasures.
Egyptian girl names starting with O
Omorose – Beautiful child (Nigeria)
Onofria – Name of an ancient Egyptian God.
Egyptian girl names starting with Q
Quibilah – Peaceful
Egyptian girl names starting with R
Rabiah – Born in the spring
Ramla – Prophetess
Rana – A beautiful looking woman
Rania – Delightful
Rashida – Righteous
Rehema – A cmpasionate woman of kind heart
Egyptian girl names starting with S
Sabah – Born in the morning
Safiya – One who is pure
Sakhmet – A lion-headed goddess worshipped in Memphis, wife of Ra
Salma – She who brings peace
Sanura – Kitten
Sara – Princess
Sarah – Princess
Sekhet – To be powerful
Selma – Secure
Sesheta – Sesheta as a girl’s name is of Egyptian origin referring to the goddess of the stars and the patroness of writing and literature.
Shani – Wonderful
Shani – A wonderful woman
Skylar – Sky. Also variant of Schuyler meaning scholar.
Suma – Ask
Egyptian girl names starting with T
Tale – Green
Tanit – One who owns an estate
Tanith – Derived from the name of the main goddess of Carthage
Tauret – Goddess of pregnant women
Tefnut – God of atmospheric moisture, With Shu, Tefnut formed the first pair of the Heliopolitan Ennead.
Thema – The queen
Tiahna – Name of a pharsoh
Tiye – The deity of light, an ancient Egyptian queen
Torberta – King
Egyptian girl names starting with U
Udele – Another form of Hathor
Undine – Little mother
Egyptian girl names starting with W
Wallis – Newly born
