Last year I met a boy named Osiris, a striking and original name where they exist. Of Egyptian origin, like all these names that we present below. We may not want our baby to be named after Tutankhamun, better known as Tutankhamun, or the god of the dead, but many of these Egyptian appellants sound great.
Because if we talk about the moon god, or fertility, or the ocean ... the names already suggest other beautiful meanings. I remain with Ausar (the Osiris variant) and with Horus from among the names of gods, although there is a whole universe of deities dedicated to the most diverse elements with original names. The names of pharaohs that I liked the most are Menes and Narmer.
Names of Egyptian gods
- Anubis and Anpu, god of the dead.
- Amen or Amin and Amen-Ra, personification of the power of the universe and god of the unity of Egypt.
- Anzety, god of Busiris, great city of Ancient Egypt.
Apis, SerapisHepu Hap. It was a Greco-Egyptian syncretic deity to which Ptolemy I declared patron of Alexandria and official god of Egypt and Greece with the purpose of culturally linking the two peoples. He is a solar god, of fertility, and later a funeral. God guardian of the deceased's lungs. It is represented by a bull or bull-headed man, with the solar disk between its horns.
Astennu, god of the moon.
- Bes, popular god of African origin, a dwarf genius who is depicted with a grotesque appearance, sticking out his tongue and means "he who brings joy."
- Geb, god of the earth.
- Hapi, a god of the Nile, father of the gods, vivifier, generator of fertility and fertility in Egyptian mythology. He is represented as a naked man, with green or blue skin, bearded man with a belly and a woman's fallen breasts. With a lotus plant on the head and two glasses that symbolized the two Niles. Other times with two goose heads. With a palm branch, as a time meter.
- Heh, god of the immeasurable
- Heru, the god of Upper Egypt. Initially he was the twin brother of Set (the god of Lower Egypt), but he became the conqueror of Set about 3100 BC when Upper Egypt conquered the Low and they unified. That is why he wears a double crown for both kingdoms. Heru-ur in its original form was a hawk, a divinity from heaven. Heru-ur's hawk was associated with royalty.
- Horus "The High", heavenly god in Egyptian mythology. He was considered the initiator of the Egyptian civilization. Horus was depicted as a hawk, or a hawk-headed man, with the Double crown. Also, like a solar disk with deployed hawk wings, over the doors and in the temple rooms; and in the form of a lion like Harmaji.
- Hu, a god of nature.
- Kek, god of darkness.
- Khentimentiu, mythical god of the dead.
- Khons, god of the moon.
- Min, god of fertility.
- Month, god of Thebes.
- Neb er tcher, god of the universe.
- Nephertum, god worshiped in Memphis
- Niu, god of nothing
- Nun, god of the ocean
- Osiris or Ausar, god of the resurrection, symbol of the fertility and regeneration of the Nile; He is the god of vegetation and agriculture; He also presides over the tribunal of the judgment of the deceased in Egyptian mythology.
- Ptah, god worshiped in Memphis
- Ra "Great God", demiurge, solar god of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology. Ra was the symbol of sunlight, giver of life, as well as responsible for the cycle of death and resurrection. His most common representation was that of a hawk-headed man, on which he carried the solar disk. Another form of worship that was given to this deity was like Ra-Horajty, a solar god with a falcon head, crowned by the solar disk and the uraeus, with a scepter uas and anj.
- Saa, god of nature.
- Seb, god of the earth.
- Seth, or Set, chthonic god, deity of brute force, of the tumultuous, the unstoppable. Lord of evil and darkness, god of drought and desert in Egyptian mythology. Seth was the patron divinity of storms, war and violence, he was also patron of the production of the oases (dynasty XIX).
- Sobk, god worshiped in Faiyum.
- Tehuti, god of the earth, the sky, the air and the sea.
- Thoth, god of the moon.
- Tum, great god of Anu
- A nefer, god of the dead
Names of Egyptian Pharaohs
The names of Egyptian pharaohs They are also an option when choosing what we will call the baby. Most do not have a specific etymological meaning, other than the historical reign in Egypt. Some pharaohs are Amenhotep, Amenophis, Darius, Djoser, Hapu, Khafra, Khufu, Psamtic, Rsmses, Senusnet, Sethos (Egyptian prince), Sneferu, Thutmose ...
There are others more popular and important in his time, in which we stop:
- Cheops or Cheops, was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, belonging to the Ancient Empire of Egypt. He reigned from 2579 a. C. to 2556 a. C.
- Horemheb, Dyeserjeperura Horemheb, was the last pharaoh of the XVIII. Egyptian dynasty: ruled the Two Lands for about 27 years, from c. 1323/1 to 1295/4 a. C.
- Menes He was the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and founder of Dynasty I c. 3050 a. C. Menes was king of Upper Egypt, possible successor of Hr skr, Horus Scorpio. He conquered Lower Egypt (Nile Delta) and established its capital in Ineb Hedy "White Wall", the future Memphis. He advanced with his army beyond the borders of his kingdom. He was killed by a hippo (according to Julio Africano).
- Menkaura (Egyptian name), or Micerino (Castilianized name of the Greek Mykerinos, written by Herodotus), was a pharaoh belonging to Dynasty IV, of the Ancient Empire of Egypt.
- Narmer, the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and founder of Dynasty I c. 3050 a. C.
- Psusennes, Ajeperra Pasebajaenniut Meryamon, or Psusennes I (in Greek Ψουσέννης), is the third pharaoh of the 21st dynasty of Egypt, ruled from 1039 to 991 BC. C. during the Third intermediate period of Egypt. His name, Pasebajaenniut Meryamon, means "the star that appears in the city (Thebes), beloved of Amun."
- Ptolemy, Ptolemy I Sóter (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Σωτήρ), (367 BC - 283 BC), King of Egypt (305 BC - 285 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, also known as Lágida, by the patronymic of Ptolemy.
- Ramses, Usermaatra Setepenra - Ramses Meriamón or Ramses II, is the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
- Shabaka (716-701 BC) member of the XXV Dynasty and successor of Piânkhi.
- Tutankhamun, Nebjeperura Tutanjamón, better known as Tutankhamon, or Tutankhamen, "living image of Ammon," was a pharaoh belonging to the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who reigned from 1336/5 to 1327/5 a. C.
We hope this selection of Egyptian names of gods and pharaohs I have given you some good ideas, and soon we will return with a review of the Egyptian anthroponyms, for boys and girls, because there are really evocative and beautiful names.
