Egyptian Cat Name Generator

Ancient and modern Egyptian names for cats

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Generate Egyptian cat names from ancient and modern Egypt: cat and lion deities like Bastet and Pakhet, pharaohs and queens, short forms like Cleo and Tut, old Egyptian words such as Miu (cat) and Nefer (good, beautiful), and labeled modern words like Mishmish (apricot).

About Egyptian cat names

The ancient Egyptian word for a cat was miu, also written mau, a word that seems to copy the animal's call, and a she-cat was a miit. Cats were sacred to Bastet, the goddess of Bubastis in the Nile Delta, and they sit under chairs and hunt in the marshes in tomb paintings such as those of Nakht and Nebamun. Very few cats' own names survive. Nedjem, sweet one, is named in the tomb of Puimre at Thebes, and Ta-Miu, the she-cat, was the pet of a prince named Thutmose.

The list draws on all of that and on the rest of Egypt's record: cat and lion deities such as Sekhmet, Pakhet and Maahes, the wider pantheon, kings and queens from Narmer to Cleopatra, short forms like Cleo, Nef and Tut, cities and temples, Nile, desert and star names, sacred symbols, and old Egyptian words such as Nefer (good, beautiful) and Nub (gold). A last group describes the spotted Egyptian Mau and the ticked Abyssinian.

About two thirds of the entries carry a short note in parentheses. Modern entries are labeled Egyptian Arabic, Cairo speech, modern, Egypt now or Egypt today, from Mishmish to Basbousa. Ancient names use their common English spellings. Egyptian writing recorded no vowels, so spellings differ between books, which is why both Ramesses and Ramses appear.

How to choose Egyptian cat names

  • Say the name out loud a few times. Two syllables are the easiest to call, and the long royal names shorten well: Nefertiti to Nef, Hatshepsut to Hattie, Ankhesenamun to Sena.
  • Match the coat. Kem (black), Kohl and Ebony suit a black cat, Nub (gold) and Dahab a golden one, Spots and Vest Buttons a spotted Mau, and Ruddy or Sorrel an Abyssinian.
  • Two cats can share a story: Nut and Geb for sky and earth, Antar and Abla from the old romance, Asal and Sukkar for honey and sugar, or Miu and Penu, cat and mouse.
  • The note in parentheses is there to explain the name, not to be part of it. If the meaning matters to you, look the word up in a reference book before you settle, because spellings and readings of ancient Egyptian differ between authors.
  • For a name people in Egypt use now, look for the labels Egyptian Arabic, Cairo speech, modern, Egypt now and Egypt today. Mishmish, apricot, suits an orange cat, and Baladi is what Egyptians call their own street cats.

Frequently asked questions

What did the ancient Egyptians call their cats?

The everyday word was miu, also written mau, with miit for a she-cat. Only a few cats' own names are recorded: Nedjem, sweet one, in a tomb at Thebes, and Ta-Miu, the she-cat, who belonged to a prince named Thutmose. Miu, Mau, Miit, Nedjem and Ta-Miu are all in the list.

Which Egyptian goddess is linked with cats?

Bastet, worshipped at Bubastis in the Nile Delta, is the cat goddess, and cats were sacred to her. The list also has the lioness goddesses Sekhmet, Pakhet, Tefnut, Menhit and Mehit, the swift feline Mafdet and the lion-headed god Maahes.

What are cool Egyptian names for a black cat?

Kem is the old Egyptian word for black, and Kemet, the black land, was the Egyptians' own name for their country. Anubis, Kohl, Ebony and Basalt fit a dark coat too, and so does Leil, the word for night in Cairo speech.

Are the modern names really used in Egypt?

Yes. Entries labeled Egyptian Arabic, Cairo speech, modern, Egypt now or Egypt today are everyday words and given names, such as Otta (cat), Amar (moon), Basbousa, a syrupy semolina cake, and Farida. Names of prophets and saints are left out on purpose, because many people would not give them to a pet.

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A: 85 names

  • Aaru (the field of reeds)
  • Abla (the beloved of Antar in the romance)
  • Abu Simbel
  • Abusir
  • Aby (leopard)
  • Abydos
  • Acacia
  • Aegis (collar shield carried by Bastet)
  • Afreet (imp, the Cairo word for a naughty child)
  • Agami
  • Agilkia (island where Philae stands today)
  • Agouti (hairs banded light and dark)
  • Ahhotep (queen honored with golden flies)
  • Ahmose (drove out the Hyksos)

A, continued

  • Ahmose-Nefertari (deified queen of Thebes)
  • Ahwa (coffee, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Ahwere
  • Ain Sokhna (the hot spring)
  • Aker (double lion of the horizon)
  • Akh (blessed spirit)
  • Akhenaten (king of the sun disc)
  • Akhet (season of the flood)
  • Akhetaten (horizon of the Aten)
  • Akhi (short for Akhenaten)
  • Akhmim
  • Alabaster
  • Albi (my heart, Cairo speech)
  • Alex (from Alexandria)

A, continued

  • Alexander (founder of Alexandria)
  • Alexandria
  • Almaz (diamond, modern Egyptian word)
  • Amal (hope, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Amar (moon, Cairo speech)
  • Amarna
  • Amasis
  • Amber
  • Amduat (book of the hidden chamber)
  • Amenemhat
  • Amenhotep
  • Amenirdis (God's Wife of Amun)
  • Amira (princess, modern Egyptian word)
  • Ammit (devourer of hearts)

A, continued

  • Ammon (Greek form of Amun)
  • Amoura (cutie, Cairo speech)
  • Amun (the hidden one)
  • Amun-Ra
  • Amunet
  • Anat (warrior goddess adopted from Canaan)
  • Anhur (the hunter who brought back the lioness)
  • Ani (owner of a famous papyrus)
  • Ankh (life, the looped cross)
  • Ankh Wedja Seneb (life, prosperity, health)
  • Ankhesenamun (wife of Tutankhamun)
  • Anput (jackal goddess)
  • Antar (hero of an old Arab romance)
  • Antyu (myrrh)

A, continued

  • Anu (short for Anubis)
  • Anubis (jackal of the embalmers)
  • Anuket (goddess of the cataracts)
  • Anukis (Greek name of Anuket)
  • Apedemak (lion god of Kush, south of Egypt)
  • Apep (serpent of chaos)
  • Apepi (Hyksos ruler)
  • Apis (sacred bull of Memphis)
  • Apries
  • Arnab (rabbit, Cairo speech)
  • Arousa (doll, also bride, Cairo speech)
  • Arsinoe
  • Asab (sugarcane, pressed for juice in Cairo)
  • Asal (honey, Egyptian Arabic)

A, continued

  • Asfour (sparrow, Cairo speech)
  • Ash (god of the oases)
  • Ashayet
  • Asp
  • Astarte (goddess adopted from Canaan)
  • Aswan
  • Asyut (ancient city of Wepwawet)
  • Atayef (stuffed pancakes of Egypt today)
  • Atef (plumed crown of Osiris)
  • Aten (the sun disc)
  • Athribis
  • Atum (the evening sun)
  • Auletes (the flute player, father of Cleopatra)
  • Avaris
  • Ay

B: 57 names

  • Ba (the soul, shown as a bird)
  • Bab Zuweila (medieval gate of Cairo)
  • Babi (baboon god)
  • Baenre (Merneptah on the throne)
  • Bahariya
  • Bahr (sea, also the Nile, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Baketaten
  • Baklawa (layered nut pastry, as said in Egypt)
  • Baladi (local, what Egyptians call their street cats)
  • Balah (dates, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Bamya (okra, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Banafseg (violet, Cairo speech)
  • Banebdjedet (ram of Mendes)
  • Barque (sacred boat)

B, continued

  • Basalt
  • Basbousa (syrupy semolina cake of Egypt today)
  • Basha (pasha, a title still used to flatter)
  • Basma (smile, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Bassem (smiling, a boy's name in Egypt now)
  • Bast (older form of Bastet)
  • Bastet (cat goddess of Bubastis)
  • Bastie (short for Bastet)
  • Bat (cow goddess with curled horns)
  • Bata (bull god of the Two Brothers tale)
  • Batal (hero, Cairo speech)
  • Batata (sweet potato, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Batta (duck, also a pet word, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Batteekh (watermelon, Egyptian Arabic)

B, continued

  • Baybars (Mamluk sultan of Egypt)
  • Bek (sculptor of Akhenaten)
  • Beloved of Amun
  • Beloved of Maat
  • Benben (stone of the first mound)
  • Bener (sweet)
  • Benerib
  • Beni Hasan (painted rock tombs of the nomarchs)
  • Bennu (sacred heron of Heliopolis)
  • Bent Pyramid
  • Berenice (queen whose hair became a constellation)
  • Bes (lion-maned guardian of the home)
  • Beset (female form of Bes)
  • Bibo (pet nickname in Egypt now)

B, continued

  • Bik (falcon)
  • Bintanath
  • Bissa (kitty, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Bit (bee, honey)
  • Bity (he of the bee, a royal title)
  • Black Land
  • Blue Lotus
  • Bolti (Nile tilapia, as sold in Egypt now)
  • Bondok (hazelnut, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Bronze
  • Bubasteion (shrine of Bastet at Saqqara)
  • Bubastis (city of the cat goddess)
  • Buchis (sacred bull of Armant)
  • Bunefer
  • Buto

C: 25 names

  • Caesarion (son of Cleopatra)
  • Cairo
  • Canopus
  • Caracal (desert cat native to Egypt)
  • Carnelian
  • Cartouche (oval ring around a royal name)
  • Chamberlain
  • Chantress of Amun
  • Charioteer
  • Chaus (the jungle cat of the Nile marshes)
  • Cheops (Greek name of Khufu)
  • Chephren (Greek name of Khafre)

C, continued

  • Chortle (the happy sound a Mau makes)
  • Cinnamon
  • Cleo (short for Cleopatra)
  • Cleopatra (last queen of Egypt)
  • Cobra
  • Coming Forth by Day
  • Copper
  • Coptos
  • Cornflower
  • Corniche (seafront road of Alexandria)
  • Crook and Flail
  • Cubit
  • Cup Bearer

D: 35 names

  • Dahab (Red Sea town, the Arabic word for gold)
  • Dahabiya (Nile houseboat, the golden one, Arabic)
  • Dahshur
  • Dakhla
  • Dalia (dahlia, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Dapple
  • Date Palm
  • Deb (hippo)
  • Decan (a star group that told the night hours)
  • Dedun (Nubian god of incense)
  • Deir el-Bahri (cliff bay of Hatshepsut's temple)

D, continued

  • Deir el-Medina (village of the tomb builders)
  • Delta
  • Den
  • Dendera (temple of Hathor)
  • Desert Rose
  • Deshret (the red land, the desert)
  • Dib (wolf, Cairo speech)
  • Divine Adoratrice
  • Djed (pillar of stability)
  • Djedefre
  • Djedi (magician of an old tale)
  • Djehuty (Egyptian name of Thoth)

D, continued

  • Djehutymose (the prince who owned Ta-Miu)
  • Djer
  • Djeser (sacred)
  • Djeser-Djeseru (holy of holies, Hatshepsut's temple)
  • Djet (the serpent king)
  • Djo (short for Djoser)
  • Djoser (king of the Step Pyramid)
  • Doum (fan palm of the south)
  • Duamutef
  • Duat (the realm of night)
  • Dukkah (nut and spice mix of Egypt today)
  • Dune

E: 16 names

  • Ebony (an English word that goes back to Egyptian)
  • Edfu (temple of Horus)
  • Ein Gamal (walnut, camel's eye, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Eish (bread, literally life, in Egypt today)
  • El Gouna
  • Electrum
  • Elephantine
  • Em Hotep (in peace)

E, continued

  • Emmer (wheat of ancient bread)
  • Epiphanes (king of the Rosetta Stone)
  • Erfa (cinnamon, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Eshta (cream, also slang for great, in Egypt today)
  • Esna
  • Euergetes
  • Eye of Ra (title of Bastet and Sekhmet)
  • Eyes and Ears of the King

F: 32 names

  • Fadda (silver, Cairo speech)
  • Fahd (cheetah, modern Egyptian word)
  • Faience (blue glazed ware)
  • Faiyum
  • Falafel (street food across Egypt today)
  • Falcon
  • Fan Bearer
  • Fanous (lantern, Cairo speech)
  • Far (mouse, Cairo speech)
  • Farafra

F, continued

  • Farah (joy, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Farasha (butterfly, modern Egyptian word)
  • Farawla (strawberry, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Farida (a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Fawn
  • Fawzia (a princess's name of the last century)
  • Fayrouz (turquoise, modern Egyptian word)
  • Feast of the Valley
  • Feather of Maat
  • Felucca (modern Nile sailboat)
  • Fennec

F, continued

  • Feteer (flaky layered pie of Egypt today)
  • Fifi (pet nickname in Egypt now)
  • Fig
  • Filfil (pepper, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Fishar (popcorn, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Flax
  • Foll (Arabian jasmine, sold in strings in Cairo)
  • Frankincense
  • Freckle
  • Ful (stewed fava beans, the Cairo breakfast)
  • Fustat (first Arab capital of Egypt)

G: 27 names

  • Galabeya (the long robe, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Ganzabil (ginger, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Gargir (arugula, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Gazar (carrot, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Gazelle
  • Geb (earth god)
  • Gebel Barkal (holy mountain of Kush)
  • Gezira (the island, in Cairo)
  • Ghazala (gazelle, modern Egyptian word)
  • Ghorayeba (butter cookie of Egypt today)
  • Gilded
  • Gilf Kebir
  • Giza

G, continued

  • Gizzy (from Giza)
  • Glyph
  • God's Father
  • God's Wife
  • Goha (the wise fool of Egyptian jokes)
  • Gold Dust
  • Golden Fly (award for valor)
  • Golden Horus
  • Gooseberry (the green of a Mau's eyes)
  • Granite
  • Great Cat of Heliopolis
  • Great House
  • Great Royal Wife
  • Greatest of Seers (high priest of Heliopolis)

H: 74 names

  • Ha (god of the western desert)
  • Habiba (darling, modern Egyptian word)
  • Habibi (my darling, Cairo speech)
  • Hakor
  • Halawa (halva, also sweetness, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Hamama (dove, Cairo speech)
  • Hanem (lady, a courtesy title, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Hany (modern Egyptian name)
  • Hapi (the Nile flood)
  • Hapy (baboon-headed son of Horus)
  • Harankash (golden berry, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Harkhuf (caravan leader to the far south)
  • Harmachis (Greek name of the Sphinx god)
  • Haroeris (Horus the elder)

H, continued

  • Harp
  • Harpocrates (Horus the child)
  • Harwa
  • Hathor (love, music and joy)
  • Hatmehit (fish goddess of Mendes)
  • Hatnofer (mother of Senenmut)
  • Hatnub (alabaster quarries)
  • Hatshepsut (the queen who ruled as king)
  • Hattie (short for Hatshepsut)
  • Hawara
  • Hayati (my life, Cairo speech)
  • He of the Sedge and Bee
  • Heb (festival)
  • Heb Sed (the royal jubilee)
  • Hedetet (scorpion goddess)

H, continued

  • Hedj (white, bright)
  • Hedjet (white crown of the south)
  • Heh (endless time)
  • Heka (magic)
  • Heliopolis (city of the sun)
  • Helios (son of Cleopatra)
  • Helwa (sweet and pretty, Cairo speech)
  • Hemiunu (overseer of the Great Pyramid works)
  • Henket (beer)
  • Henna
  • Henutsen
  • Henuttawy
  • Heqa (the crook, sign of a ruler)
  • Heqanakht (farmer of the old letters)
  • Heqet (frog goddess of birth)

H, continued

  • Herihor
  • Hermanubis
  • Hermopolis (city of Thoth)
  • Heron
  • Heru (Egyptian name of Horus)
  • Heryshaf (ram god of Herakleopolis)
  • Hesat (cow goddess of milk)
  • Hesy-Ra
  • Hetepheres (mother of Khufu)
  • Hetty (short for Hetepheres)
  • Hierakonpolis (Greek name of Nekhen)
  • Hieroglyph
  • High Priest
  • Honey
  • Hoopoe

H, continued

  • Hor
  • Horakhty (Horus of the two horizons)
  • Horemakhet (Horus in the horizon, the Great Sphinx)
  • Horemheb (general who took the throne)
  • Hori
  • Horizon
  • Horus (falcon of the sky)
  • Hotep (peace, contentment)
  • Hounds and Jackals (board game)
  • Hour Priest (watcher of the night sky)
  • Hu (the spoken word)
  • Hunefer
  • Huni
  • Hurghada
  • Huy

I: 30 names

  • Iah (the moon)
  • Iaret (the rearing cobra)
  • Ib (heart)
  • Ibis
  • Ichneumon (the Egyptian mongoose)
  • Ihy (child god of the sistrum)
  • Iiti (welcome, the ending of Nefertiti)
  • Imentet (goddess of the west)
  • Imhotep (architect of the Step Pyramid)
  • Immy (short for Imhotep)
  • Imperishable Star
  • Imsety
  • Ineni
  • Inherkhau (his tomb shows the Great Cat)
  • Inpu (Egyptian name of Anubis)

I, continued

  • Intef
  • Ipet (hippo goddess of Thebes)
  • Ipet-Isut (most select of places, Karnak)
  • Iput
  • Ipuy (his tomb shows a kitten on his lap)
  • Irep (wine)
  • Iret (eye)
  • Isfet (chaos, the opposite of maat)
  • Ished (sacred tree of the Great Cat)
  • Isis (the goddess, wife of Osiris)
  • Ita
  • Iteru (the river, the Nile)
  • Iunu (Egyptian name of Heliopolis)
  • Ivory
  • Iwiw (dog, a word that copies a bark)

J: 3 names

  • Jackal
  • Jasmine
  • Jasper

K: 63 names

  • Ka (life force)
  • Kaaper
  • Kagemni
  • Kalabsha (Nubian temple moved from the rising lake)
  • Kamose
  • Karamella (candy, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Karkadeh (hibiscus tea of Egypt today)
  • Karnak (great temple of Thebes)
  • Karo (short for Karomama)
  • Karomama
  • Katkout (chick, Cairo speech)
  • Kawab

K, continued

  • Kawit
  • Kebechet (daughter of Anubis)
  • Kek (darkness before creation)
  • Kem (black)
  • Kemet (the black land, Egypt)
  • Kemsit
  • Kerma (first capital of Kush, in Nubia)
  • Kha
  • Khaba
  • Khaemwaset (prince who restored old monuments)
  • Khafre (second pyramid of Giza)
  • Khakaure (Senusret III on the throne)
  • Khamsin (hot spring wind of Egypt)

K, continued

  • Khan el-Khalili (old Cairo bazaar)
  • Kharga
  • Khasekhemwy
  • Khemenu (city of the eight)
  • Khendjer
  • Khenmet
  • Khentiamentiu (foremost of the westerners)
  • Kheper (to come into being)
  • Khepesh (curved sword)
  • Khepi (short for Khepri)
  • Kheprer (scarab beetle)
  • Khepresh (the blue crown)

K, continued

  • Khepri (scarab of the morning sun)
  • Khered (child)
  • Khesbed (lapis lazuli)
  • Khety
  • Khnum (ram-headed potter)
  • Khokh (peach, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Khonsu (the moon, the traveler)
  • Khuf (short for Khufu)
  • Khufu (king of the Great Pyramid)
  • Khuit
  • Khyan (Hyksos ruler)
  • King of the Gods (title of Amun-Ra)
  • King Tut

K, continued

  • King's Daughter
  • King's Mother
  • King's Son of Kush (the viceroy of Nubia)
  • Kingfisher
  • Kite
  • Kiya (a wife of Akhenaten)
  • Kofta (grilled spiced meat, a staple in Egypt today)
  • Kohl (black eye paint)
  • Kom Ombo (temple of Sobek and Horus)
  • Konafa (shredded pastry, a sweet of Egypt today)
  • Koshary (Cairo street dish of rice, lentils and pasta)
  • Kush
  • Kyphi (temple incense blend)

L: 30 names

  • Laban (milk, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Lady of Ankhtawy
  • Lady of Bubastis
  • Lady of Grace (title of Nefertiti)
  • Lady of Heaven
  • Lady of the House
  • Lady of the Sycamore (title of Hathor)
  • Lady of the Two Lands
  • Lady of Turquoise (title of Hathor)
  • Lahun
  • Laila (night, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Lapis
  • Lates (the Nile perch, sacred at Esna)
  • Lathyros (chickpea, nickname of Ptolemy IX)
  • Lector Priest

L, continued

  • Leil (night, Cairo speech)
  • Leontopolis (city of lions)
  • Linen
  • Lisht
  • Living Horus
  • Lord of Appearances (a title of the king)
  • Lord of the Sacred Land (title of Anubis)
  • Lord of the Two Lands
  • Lotus
  • Loza (almond, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Lulu (pearl, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Luxie (from Luxor)
  • Luxor
  • Lybica (African wildcat, ancestor of house cats)
  • Lyre

M: 94 names

  • Maa-kheru (true of voice)
  • Maadi (leafy Cairo suburb)
  • Maahes (lion-headed war god)
  • Maat (truth and balance)
  • Maatkare (Hatshepsut on the throne)
  • Mafdet (swift feline who hunts snakes)
  • Mafi (from Mafdet)
  • Maha (oryx, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Mahalabia (milk pudding of Egypt today)
  • Mahu
  • Mai (lion)
  • Maiherpri (lion on the battlefield)
  • Malachite

M, continued

  • Malika (queen, modern Egyptian word)
  • Malkata (palace of Amenhotep III)
  • Mandjet (morning boat of the sun)
  • Mandulis (sun god of Kalabsha)
  • Manetho (priest who listed the dynasties)
  • Manga (mango, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Marsa Alam
  • Mascara (the dark lines beside a Mau's eyes)
  • Mashrabiya (carved lattice window of old Cairo)
  • Masr (Egypt, as Egyptians say it)
  • Masri (Egyptian, as Egyptians say it)
  • Mastaba (bench-shaped tomb)
  • Master of Horse

M, continued

  • Master of Secrets
  • Matit (lioness goddess)
  • Mau (cat, and the sun god's great cat)
  • Maya (treasurer of Tutankhamun)
  • Mayor of Thebes
  • Medinet Habu (temple of Ramesses III)
  • Medjay (desert scouts and police)
  • Medjed (the smiter)
  • Medu Netjer (the god's words, hieroglyphs)
  • Mefkat (turquoise)
  • Mehen (coiled serpent who shields Ra)
  • Mehet-Weret (the great flood, a sky cow)
  • Mehit (lioness of Thinis)
  • Meidum

M, continued

  • Meketaten
  • Meketre
  • Memnon (the two colossi of Thebes)
  • Memphis
  • Menat (beaded necklace of Hathor)
  • Mendes
  • Menes (legendary first king)
  • Menhit (lioness war goddess)
  • Menka (short for Menkaure)
  • Menkaure (third pyramid of Giza)
  • Menkheperre (Thutmose III on the throne)
  • Menmaatre (Seti I on the throne)
  • Menna

M, continued

  • Mentuhotep (reunifier of Egypt)
  • Mer (pyramid)
  • Merenre
  • Mereret
  • Mereruka
  • Meresankh
  • Meretseger (she who loves silence)
  • Merit (beloved)
  • Meritamen (daughter of Ramesses II)
  • Meritaten
  • Merneith (early queen regent)
  • Merneptah
  • Meroe (later capital of Kush)
  • Merut (love)

M, continued

  • Mery (beloved)
  • Meryre
  • Meseh (crocodile)
  • Mesektet (evening boat of the sun)
  • Meskhenet (goddess of the birth brick)
  • Meskhetiu (the Foreleg, the Big Dipper)
  • Mihos (Greek form of Maahes)
  • Miit (she-cat)
  • Mimi (pet nickname in Egypt now)
  • Min (fertility god of Coptos)
  • Mirage
  • Mishmish (apricot, a classic cat name in Egypt today)
  • Misk (musk, modern Egyptian word)

M, continued

  • Mistress of the West
  • Miu (cat)
  • Mnevis (sacred bull of Heliopolis)
  • Mokattam (hills above Cairo)
  • Molokhia (green leaf soup of Egypt today)
  • Montaza (palace gardens of Alexandria)
  • Montu (falcon of war)
  • Morgan (coral, modern Egyptian word)
  • Mouth of Nekhen
  • Moz (banana, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Mut (mother goddess of Thebes)
  • Mutnodjmet (queen of Horemheb)
  • Mycerinus (Greek name of Menkaure)
  • Myrrh

N: 70 names

  • Naanaa (mint, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Nabil (noble, a boy's name in Egypt now)
  • Nada (dew, modern Egyptian word)
  • Nader (rare, a boy's name in Egypt now)
  • Nahla (bee, modern Egyptian word)
  • Nakhla (palm tree, modern Egyptian word)
  • Nakht (his tomb shows a cat eating a fish)
  • Napata (royal city of Kush)
  • Naqada (site that names the predynastic age)
  • Nar (catfish, the first sign of Narmer)
  • Narmer (unifier of the Two Lands)
  • Narmy (from Narmer)
  • Natron
  • Naukratis (Greek trading port of the Delta)

N, continued

  • Naunet
  • Nay (reed flute, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Nazli (a queen's name of the last century)
  • Neb (lord)
  • Nebamun (his tomb painting has a hunting cat)
  • Nebet (lady)
  • Nebkheperure (Tutankhamun on the throne)
  • Nebmaatre (Amenhotep III on the throne)
  • Nebra
  • Necho
  • Necklace (the broken bars on a Mau's chest)
  • Nectanebo (last native king of Egypt)
  • Nedjem (sweet one, a recorded cat name)
  • Nef (short for Nefertiti)

N, continued

  • Nefer (good, beautiful)
  • Neferher (fair of face)
  • Neferhotep
  • Neferibre (Psamtik II on the throne)
  • Nefertari (great wife of Ramesses II)
  • Nefertem (lotus god, son of Sekhmet)
  • Nefertiabet (princess in the leopard dress)
  • Nefertiti (the beautiful one has come)
  • Neferu
  • Neferuptah
  • Neferure (daughter of Hatshepsut)
  • Neffie (short for Nefertiti)
  • Negma (star, Cairo speech)
  • Nehebkau (serpent of the underworld)

N, continued

  • Neheh (forever)
  • Nehet (sycamore fig)
  • Neith (weaver and huntress)
  • Nekhbet (vulture of Upper Egypt)
  • Nekhen (city of the falcon)
  • Nemes (striped royal headcloth)
  • Nems (mongoose, also a sly one, Cairo speech)
  • Nemty (falcon ferryman)
  • Nephthys
  • Nepri (grain god)
  • Nesma (breeze, modern Egyptian word)
  • Nesu (king)
  • Netjer (god)
  • Netjeret (goddess)

N, continued

  • Nile
  • Nimaatre (Amenemhat III on the throne)
  • Nimr (tiger, modern Egyptian word)
  • Nitocris (legendary queen)
  • Nodjmet
  • Nofret (the beautiful one)
  • Nomarch (governor of a province)
  • Nono (little one, Cairo speech)
  • Nub (gold)
  • Nubi (short for Anubis)
  • Nubia
  • Nubkaure (Amenemhat II on the throne)
  • Nun (the first waters)
  • Nut (sky goddess)

O: 19 names

  • Oasis
  • Obelisk
  • Ocher
  • Omda (village headman of the Egyptian countryside)
  • Onuris (Greek form of Anhur)
  • Opet (great festival of Thebes)
  • Orion
  • Oryx
  • Osi (short for Osiris)

O, continued

  • Osiris (lord of the afterlife)
  • Osorkon
  • Ostracon (potsherd used for notes)
  • Ott (tomcat, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Otta (cat, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Oud (short-necked lute, modern)
  • Outline Scribe (the draftsman's title)
  • Oxyrhynchus (city of the sharp-nosed fish)
  • Ozymandias (Greek name of Ramesses II)
  • Ozzy (short for Ozymandias)

P: 42 names

  • Pakhet (lioness, she who scratches)
  • Pakhi (from Pakhet)
  • Pami (a king whose name means the cat)
  • Paneb
  • Papyrus
  • Paser
  • Pataikos (dwarf amulet god)
  • Patra (short for Cleopatra)
  • Pentawer
  • Penu (mouse)
  • Pepi
  • Per-aa (great house, the root of pharaoh)
  • Per-ankh (house of life, the temple library)
  • Per-Bast (house of Bastet)

P, continued

  • Peret (season of growing)
  • Peribsen
  • Persea
  • Peseshet (lady overseer of physicians)
  • Pet (sky)
  • Petosiris
  • Pewter
  • Pharaoh
  • Pharos (island of the lighthouse)
  • Philadelphus
  • Philae (island temple)
  • Phoenix (the Greek take on the Bennu)
  • Physcon (potbelly, nickname of Ptolemy VIII)
  • Piye (Kushite king who loved horses)

P, continued

  • Place of Truth (the tomb builders' village)
  • Pomegranate
  • Poppy
  • Psamtik
  • Pschent (the double crown)
  • Psusennes (king of the silver coffin)
  • Ptah (craftsman of Memphis)
  • Ptah-Sokar
  • Ptahhotep (author of the maxims)
  • Ptolemy
  • Puimre (his tomb names the cat Nedjem)
  • Punt (land of incense)
  • Pylon (temple gateway)
  • Pyramidion (capstone)

Q: 6 names

  • Qaa
  • Qasr el-Nil (Cairo bridge guarded by bronze lions)
  • Qattara
  • Qebehsenuef
  • Qetesh (goddess adopted from Canaan)
  • Queen of the Nile

R: 36 names

  • Ra (sun god)
  • Ra-Horakhty
  • Rahotep
  • Ram (short for Ramesses)
  • Ramesses (name of eleven kings)
  • Ramesseum (temple of Ramesses II at Thebes)
  • Rammy (short for Ramesses)
  • Ramose
  • Ramses
  • Ramy (modern Egyptian name)
  • Rania (a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Rayyes (boss or boat captain, Egyptian Arabic)

R, continued

  • Red Land
  • Red Pyramid
  • Reed
  • Reem (white gazelle, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Rekhmire
  • Ren (a person's true name)
  • Renenutet (cobra of the harvest)
  • Renpet (the year)
  • Repyt (lioness of Athribis)
  • Rhodopis (heroine of an old slipper tale)
  • Rihan (basil, modern Egyptian word)
  • Ringtail

R, continued

  • Roda (Cairo island of the Nilometer)
  • Rohi (my soul, Cairo speech)
  • Rosetta
  • Rosette
  • Rostau
  • Royal Herald
  • Royal Ornament (title of a court lady)
  • Royal Scribe
  • Ru (lion)
  • Ruddy (the classic Abyssinian color)
  • Russet
  • Ruty (the twin lions)

S: 133 names

  • Sa (protection)
  • Sab (jackal)
  • Sadeh
  • Sah (Orion in the Egyptian sky)
  • Sahara
  • Sahlab (warm winter milk drink of Cairo)
  • Sahure
  • Sais (city of Neith)
  • Sand Cat (small wild cat of the Egyptian desert)
  • Sandal Bearer
  • Sandstone
  • Sandy
  • Saqqara
  • Satet (archer of Elephantine)

S, continued

  • Satiah
  • Satis (Greek name of Satet)
  • Scarab
  • Scarab Mark (the M on a Mau's brow)
  • Scorpion (a king before the first dynasty)
  • Scribe
  • Scroll
  • Seba (star)
  • Sedge (plant emblem of the south)
  • Sehel (island of the Famine Stela)
  • Sekhem (power)
  • Sekhet (the marsh meadow)
  • Sekhi (short for Sekhmet)
  • Sekhmet (lioness goddess, the powerful one)
  • Selene (daughter of Cleopatra)

S, continued

  • Sem Priest (the priest in the leopard skin)
  • Sena (short for Ankhesenamun)
  • Seneb (health)
  • Senenmut (steward of Hatshepsut)
  • Senet (board game)
  • Sennedjem
  • Sennefer
  • Senusret
  • Sepa (centipede god)
  • Serabit (turquoise mines of Sinai)
  • Serapeum
  • Serapis (god of Ptolemaic Alexandria)
  • Serekh (palace frame around a king's name)
  • Serket (scorpion goddess)
  • Sesh (scribe)

S, continued

  • Seshat (lady of writing)
  • Seshen (lotus)
  • Sesheshet (sistrum)
  • Sesostris (Greek form of Senusret)
  • Set (storms and the desert)
  • Setepenre
  • Seti
  • Setne (prince of the magic tales)
  • Shabaka
  • Shabti (tomb helper figure)
  • Shaduf (water-lifting pole of the fields)
  • Shagar al-Durr (tree of pearls, a sultana of Egypt)
  • Shahd (honeycomb, a girl's name in Egypt now)
  • Shai (fate)
  • Shali (old fortress of Siwa)

S, continued

  • Shams (sun, modern Egyptian word)
  • Sharm
  • Shatra (clever girl, Cairo speech)
  • Shatta (hot chili, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Shebyu (gold collar of honor)
  • Shed (the rescuer)
  • Shedet (crocodile city of the Faiyum)
  • Shemu (season of harvest)
  • Shen (ring of eternity)
  • Shendyt (the royal kilt)
  • Shep (short for Hatshepsut)
  • Sherit (the little one)
  • Shesep-Ankh (living image, an old word for a sphinx)
  • Shesmetet (lioness goddess)

S, continued

  • Sheut (shadow)
  • Shezmu (lord of the wine press)
  • Shokolata (chocolate, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Shoshenq
  • Shu (air)
  • Si-Bast (son of Bastet, a royal epithet)
  • Sia (insight)
  • Siamun
  • Sidelock (braid of a royal child)
  • Sienna
  • Silver
  • Simsim (sesame, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Simsimiyya (lyre of the canal towns)
  • Sinai
  • Singer of Hathor

S, continued

  • Sinuhe (hero of an ancient tale)
  • Siptah
  • Sirius
  • Sistrum (sacred rattle)
  • Sistrum Player
  • Sitamun
  • Sithathoriunet (princess of the Lahun treasure)
  • Sitre
  • Sitt (lady, Cairo speech)
  • Sitti (short for Sitamun)
  • Siwa (oasis of the oracle)
  • Smenkhkare
  • Smoke
  • Snef (short for Sneferu)
  • Sneferu (builder of the Bent and Red Pyramids)

S, continued

  • Sobek (crocodile god)
  • Sobek-Ra
  • Sobekhotep
  • Sobekneferu (a woman who ruled as king)
  • Sobi (short for Sobek)
  • Sobia (sweet coconut milk drink of Cairo)
  • Sokar (falcon of Saqqara)
  • Sole Companion
  • Son of Ra
  • Sopdet (the star Sirius, herald of the flood)
  • Sopdu (falcon of the eastern border)
  • Sorrel (the red Abyssinian color)
  • Soter (savior, title of Ptolemy I)
  • Sothis (Greek name of Sopdet)
  • Speckle

S, continued

  • Speos Artemidos (rock temple of Pakhet)
  • Sphinx
  • Sphinxie (from Sphinx)
  • Spots
  • Sprinter (Maus are famous runners)
  • Step Pyramid
  • Steward
  • Strong Bull
  • Suez
  • Sukkar (sugar, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Sultana (a woman sultan, as Shagar al-Durr was)
  • Susu (pet nickname in Egypt now)
  • Sutekh (another name of Set)
  • Sweet of Love (title of Nefertiti)
  • Sycamore

T: 75 names

  • Ta-Mery (the beloved land)
  • Ta-Miu (the she-cat, a prince's own pet)
  • Ta-Seti (land of the bow, Nubia)
  • Taalab (fox, Cairo speech)
  • Taameya (the fava bean falafel of Egypt)
  • Taba
  • Tabla (goblet drum of Egyptian bands)
  • Tabubu (daughter of a priest of Bastet in a tale)
  • Tadukhipa (princess from Mitanni)
  • Taharqa
  • Tahina (sesame paste, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Tahrir (the great square of Cairo)
  • Takabuti
  • Takhat
  • Tamarisk

T, continued

  • Tamer (modern Egyptian name)
  • Tamr Hindi (tamarind drink of Egypt today)
  • Tanis
  • Tanoura (whirling skirt dance of Cairo)
  • Tantamani
  • Tao (Seqenenre Tao, the brave)
  • Tarab (the rapture of good music, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Tarboush (the red fez of old Cairo)
  • Taremu (Egyptian name of Leontopolis)
  • Tari (short for Nefertari)
  • Tatenen (the risen land)
  • Taweret (hippo who guards mothers)
  • Tawi (short for Taweret)
  • Tawny
  • Tawy (the two lands)

T, continued

  • Tayt (goddess of weaving)
  • Tef (short for Tefnut)
  • Tefnakht
  • Tefnut (lioness goddess of moisture)
  • Tekhen (obelisk)
  • Tell Basta (ruins of Bubastis today)
  • Teos
  • Teti
  • Tetisheri (grandmother of King Ahmose)
  • Tey (wife of Ay)
  • The Distant One (the wandering lioness)
  • The Golden One (title of Hathor)
  • Thebes
  • Thermuthis (Greek name of Renenutet)
  • Thinis (home of the first two dynasties)

T, continued

  • Thoeris (Greek name of Taweret)
  • Thonis (sunken port of the Delta)
  • Thoth (ibis of writing and wisdom)
  • Thothy (from Thoth)
  • Thuban (pole star of the pyramid age)
  • Thutmose
  • Thuya (mother of Queen Tiye)
  • Ti
  • Tia (sister of Ramesses II)
  • Tiaa
  • Ticked (the banded coat of an Abyssinian)
  • Tiger Nut
  • Tilapia (Nile fish, a sign of rebirth)
  • Tiptoe (the stance a Mau's long hind legs give it)
  • Titi (short for Nefertiti)

T, continued

  • Tiye (queen of Amenhotep III)
  • Tolly (short for Ptolemy)
  • Toot (mulberry, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Treasurer
  • Tura (white limestone quarries)
  • Turquoise
  • Tut (short for Tutankhamun)
  • Tutankhamun (the boy king)
  • Tutu (striding sphinx god)
  • Tuya (mother of Ramesses II)
  • Two Ladies (the vulture and the cobra)
  • Two Lands
  • Twosret
  • Tyet (knot amulet)
  • Tyti

U: 7 names

  • Umber
  • Unas (first pyramid with carved texts)
  • Unut (hare goddess of Hermopolis)
  • Uraeus (cobra on the royal brow)
  • Usekh (the broad collar)
  • Userkaf
  • Usermaatre (Ramesses II on the throne)

V: 4 names

  • Valley of the Kings
  • Vest Buttons (the belly spots of a Mau)
  • Vizier
  • Vulture Crown

W: 24 names

  • Wadi
  • Wadi al-Hitan (valley of the whales)
  • Wadi Natrun (valley of natron)
  • Wadj (green, fresh)
  • Wadj-wer (the great green)
  • Wadjet (cobra of Lower Egypt)
  • Wah
  • Waha (oasis, modern Egyptian word)
  • Warda (rose, modern Egyptian word)
  • Was (scepter of dominion)
  • Waset (Egyptian name of Thebes)
  • Wedjat (the healed eye of Horus)

W, continued

  • Wenamun (traveler of a sea tale)
  • Wenesh (wolf)
  • Weni
  • Wepet Renpet (opening of the year)
  • Wepwawet (opener of the ways)
  • Wer (great)
  • Weret
  • Werethekau (great of magic)
  • Wesir (Egyptian name of Osiris)
  • Wezza (goose, Cairo speech)
  • Wiggle Tail
  • Wosret (Theban goddess, the mighty)

Y: 5 names

  • Yansoon (anise, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Yara (modern Egyptian name)
  • Yasmina (jasmine, modern Egyptian word)
  • Your Majesty
  • Yuya

Z: 8 names

  • Zabargad (Red Sea island, the Arabic word for peridot)
  • Zagazig (the town beside ancient Bubastis)
  • Zaki (a boy's name in Egypt now)
  • Zamalek (Cairo island district)
  • Zebib (raisins, Egyptian Arabic)
  • Zep Tepi (the first time)
  • Zula (name of an early Abyssinian in Britain)
  • Zuzu (pet nickname in Egypt now)