Egyptian God Name Generator
Gods of the Nile, their epithets and new Egyptian deities
Generate Egyptian god names from the full pantheon: Ra, Osiris, Isis, Anubis and Thoth alongside hundreds of lesser-known deities, cult titles like Osiris Foremost of the Westerners, syncretic forms such as Amun-Ra, and original gods built with authentic Egyptian sounds for fantasy worlds and games.
About Egyptian god names
Egypt worshipped for more than three thousand years and never threw a god away, so the pantheon is enormous. Beyond the famous names (Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Set, Anubis, Thoth, Hathor, Bastet, Sekhmet) sit hundreds of local and specialist deities: Meretseger the cobra of the Theban peak, Shezmu of the wine press, Heqet the frog midwife, Mafdet who kills snakes, Renenutet of the granary, and the eight primeval frogs and serpents of Hermopolis. Many names are simply Egyptian words: Ma'at is truth, Nut is sky, Heka is magic, Sia is perception.
Two habits make a name sound properly Egyptian. The first is the epithet: in temple texts a god is almost never a bare name but Ptah South of His Wall, Anubis Upon His Mountain, Isis Great of Magic, Khonsu the Traveller. The second is syncretism, fusing two gods into one with a hyphen when their cults merged or a pharaoh wanted to honour both: Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Sekhmet-Bastet.
The list also gives the Egyptian forms behind the familiar Greek spellings (Aset for Isis, Wesir for Osiris, Djehuty for Thoth, Inpu for Anubis) and original deities assembled from real roots such as nefer (beautiful), sekhem (power), neb/nebet (lord/lady), hotep (peace) and the feminine -et ending, so an invented god like Sekhen-Wer or Nebet-Het-Tawy sits naturally beside the real ones.
How to choose Egyptian god names
- Add an epithet to show the god's job or cult centre: Sobek Lord of the Faiyum, Hathor Lady of Turquoise, Wepwawet Opener of the Ways. It is how Egyptians actually addressed them and it tells the reader the domain instantly.
- Fuse two gods with a hyphen for a composite deity (Amun-Ra, Sobek-Ra, Hathor-Sekhmet). It signals a merged cult or a god absorbing another's powers, and it is a cheap way to make an original pantheon feel old.
- Pick one spelling system and stick with it: Greek-derived (Osiris, Isis, Thoth, Anubis) reads familiar; reconstructed Egyptian (Wesir, Aset, Djehuty, Inpu) reads scholarly and archaic.
- For an invented goddess, end the name in -et or -t (Sekhmet, Bastet, Nebet-Hut) and for a god use endings like -u, -hotep, -amun or -heru; keep vowels few and consonants like kh, dj and tj in play.
- Remember that animals carry meaning: a jackal god belongs to the dead, a cobra to protection, a ram to creation and fertility, a crocodile to the river, a lioness to war and plague.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real Egyptian gods or invented names?
Most are attested deities, from the great state gods and the Ennead of Heliopolis to obscure local figures like Tutu, Dedun and Nehebkau, plus historical cult epithets and syncretic forms such as Ra-Horakhty and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. A minority are original names built from genuine Egyptian roots and endings so they blend with the real ones and can be used freely in fiction or games.
Why do some Egyptian gods have several names?
Three reasons. Greek writers gave us the spellings we know (Osiris, Isis, Thoth), while the Egyptian forms are Wesir, Aset and Djehuty. Gods were also addressed by epithets tied to a place or role, so Horus of Edfu, Horus the Elder and Horus the Child are different aspects. Finally, cults merged over time, creating combined gods like Amun-Ra and Sekhmet-Bastet.
Which Egyptian goddesses are included?
All the major ones: Isis, Hathor, Bastet, Sekhmet, Nut, Ma'at, Nephthys, Neith, Mut, Tefnut, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Serqet, Taweret, Seshat and Satet, plus less familiar goddesses such as Meretseger, Renenutet, Heqet, Pakhet, Mafdet, Anuket, Sopdet, Menhit, Hesat, Iusaaset and Werethekau, along with their epithets.
Can I use these names for a fantasy or D&D pantheon?
Yes. The original names are free to use, and the epithet and hyphen patterns let you build your own. For a desert or river-kingdom setting, borrow the structure rather than the exact gods: give each deity an animal, a cult city and a title, and merge two of them into a composite state god to suggest a long history of shifting religion.
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All 500 Egyptian god names
A: 62 names
- Ageb
- Ahmes-Nefertari the Deified
- Ahmuti
- Ahti
- Aker
- Aker Guardian of the Horizon
- Akeru
- Akhet-Wer
- Am-heh
- Amenhotep Son of Hapu
- Amenkhet
- Amentet
- Ammit
- Ammit Devourer of the Dead
- Ammit Eater of Hearts
- Ammon
- Amun
- Amun Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands
- Amun the Hidden One
- Amun-Kematef
- Amun-Min
- Amun-Ra
- Amun-Ra King of the Gods
- Amun-Ra-Kamutef
- Amunet
- Amunet the Hidden Lady
- Anat
- Andjety
- Andjety Lord of Busiris
- Anhur
- Anhuret
A, continued
- Aniptah
- Ankh-Weret
- Ankhet-Wadj
- Ankhkhet
- Ankhtawy
- Anpu
- Anput
- Anty
- Anubis
- Anubis Foremost of the Divine Booth
- Anubis Lord of the Sacred Land
- Anubis Upon His Mountain
- Anubis Who Is in the Place of Embalming
- Anuket
- Anuket Lady of Elephantine
- Anukis
- Apep
- Apep Enemy of Ra
- Apis
- Arensnuphis
- Aset
- Ash
- Ashebet
- Astarte
- Astarte Lady of Horses
- Aten
- Aten Living Disc
- Atum
- Atum Lord of Heliopolis
- Atum Lord of Totality
- Atum-Ra
B: 17 names
- Ba-Pef
- Babi
- Babi Bull of the Baboons
- Bakhu
- Banebdjedet
- Banebdjedet Ram of Mendes
- Bastet
- Bastet Eye of Ra
- Bastet Lady of Bubastis
- Bat
- Bata
- Behdet
- Bennu
- Bes
- Bes Protector of the Household
- Bouto
- Buchis
C: 1 name
- Chnoubis
D: 10 names
- Dedun
- Dedun Lord of Nubia
- Denwen
- Djed-Ankh-Ra
- Djefau
- Djehuty
- Djerit
- Djesermut
- Duamutef
- Duat-Neb
G: 4 names
- Geb
- Geb Father of Snakes
- Geb Heir of the Gods
- Geb Lord of the Earth
H: 77 names
- Hapi
- Hapi Lord of the Fish and Birds of the Marsh
- Hapi Lord of the Inundation
- Hapy Son of Horus
- Harendotes
- Harmachis
- Harnebeskhenu
- Haroeris
- Harpocrates
- Harsaphes
- Harsiese
- Harsomtus
- Hathor
- Hathor Golden One
- Hathor Lady of Byblos
- Hathor Lady of Dendera
- Hathor Lady of Punt
- Hathor Lady of Turquoise
- Hathor Mistress of the West
- Hathor-Sekhmet
- Hatmehit
- Hauhet
- Hauhet of the Ogdoad
- Hedetet
- Hedjhotep
- Heh
- Heh Lord of Infinity
- Heka
- Heka Lord of Magic
- Hekamun
- Hemen
- Hemsut
- Hemsut of the Ka
- Henet
- Heqaib the Deified
- Heqamaat
- Heqet
- Heqet Mistress of Frogs
H, continued
- Heret-Kau
- Heret-Kau Lady of the Kas
- Heriset
- Hermanubis
- Hermes Trismegistus
- Heru
- Heru-Behdety
- Heru-Kheb
- Heru-pa-Khered
- Heru-Sa-Aset
- Heru-Ur
- Heryshaf
- Heryshaf Lord of Herakleopolis
- Hesat
- Heseret
- Hesut
- Het-Heru
- Hor-Behdety
- Hor-Hekenu
- Hor-Imy-Shenut
- Hor-Merty
- Hor-Nubti
- Hor-Sekhem
- Hor-Sopdu
- Horakhty
- Horus
- Horus Behdety of the Winged Disc
- Horus Lord of the Sky
- Horus Lord of the Two Lands
- Horus of Edfu
- Horus of Nekhen
- Horus the Child
- Horus the Elder
- Horus Uniter of the Two Lands
- Horus Who Protects His Father
- Horus-Mekhentirty
- Hotep-Neb-Tawy
- Hu
- Hu Creative Utterance
I: 29 names
- Iah
- Iah the Moon
- Iaret-Wer
- Iat
- Igai
- Ihy
- Imenet
- Imhotep Son of Ptah
- Imsety
- Imyut
- Inpu
- Ipet the Nurse
- Ipy
- Iretu
- Irtyu
- Iry-Maat
- Iseret
- Isesi the Deified
- Isis
- Isis Great of Magic
- Isis Lady of the Sycamore
- Isis Mistress of Heaven
- Isis Mother of the God
- Isis-Hathor
- Isis-Sothis
- Iunmutef
- Iunyt
- Iusaaset
- Iusaaset Grandmother of the Gods
K: 33 names
- Ka
- Kamutef
- Kauket
- Kebechet
- Kek
- Kek of the Primeval Darkness
- Kematef
- Kematef He Who Has Completed His Time
- Kenemet
- Khebet
- Khem
- Khenemet
- Khentekhtai
- Khenti-Amentiu
- Khentuwet
- Khenty-Khem
- Khenty-khety
- Kheper-Mut
- Kheperet
- Khepri
- Khepri Who Comes into Being
- Kherty
- Kheru
- Khnum
- Khnum Lord of Esna
- Khnum Lord of the Cataract
- Khnum Who Shapes on the Wheel
- Khnum-Ra
- Khonsu
- Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep
- Khonsu the Child
- Khonsu the Traveller
- Khonsu-Thoth
M: 46 names
- Ma'at
- Ma'at Daughter of Ra
- Maahes
- Mafdet
- Mafdet Lady of the House of Life
- Mafdet Slayer of Serpents
- Mandulis
- Matit
- Medjed
- Medjedet
- Mehen
- Mehen the Coiled One
- Mehet-Weret
- Mehet-Weret Great Flood
- Mehit
- Mekhenet
- Menet
- Menheru
- Menhit
- Menhit-Sekhmet
- Meniu
- Menkeret
- Menkhet
M, continued
- Menqet
- Meret
- Meretseger
- Meretseger She Who Loves Silence
- Merit
- Mesenet
- Meskhenet
- Min
- Min Bull of His Mother
- Min Lord of Koptos
- Min Lord of the Eastern Desert
- Min-Horus
- Mnevis
- Montu
- Montu Lord of Armant
- Montu Lord of Thebes
- Montu Strong Bull
- Montu-Ra
- Mut
- Mut Lady of Asheru
- Mut Mistress of Heaven
- Mut-Sekhmet-Bastet
- Mutneferu
N: 46 names
- Naunet
- Naunet of the Waters
- Neberdjer
- Nebet-Het-Tawy
- Nebet-Hut
- Nebet-Kheper
- Nebethetepet
- Nebetu
- Nebit
- Nebka-Heru
- Nebneteru
- Nebt-Het
- Nebtuwi
- Nefer-Renpet
- Nefertum
- Nefertum Lord of the Lotus
- Nehebkau
- Nehebkau Who Unites the Kas
- Nehesut
- Nehmetawy
- Neith
- Neith Great Mother
- Neith Lady of Sais
N, continued
- Neith Mistress of the Bow
- Neith Opener of the Ways
- Nekhbet
- Nekhbet Lady of Nekheb
- Nekhbet White Crown
- Nekhen-Hor
- Nekheny
- Nemty
- Neper
- Nephthet
- Nephthys
- Nephthys Lady of the House
- Nephthys Mistress of the Mourners
- Nepit
- Netjer-aa
- Nubet
- Nubty
- Nun
- Nun Father of the Gods
- Nut
- Nut Great One Who Bore the Gods
- Nut She Who Holds a Thousand Souls
- Nut Who Swallows the Sun
O: 9 names
- Onuris
- Osiris
- Osiris Foremost of the Westerners
- Osiris Lord of Abydos
- Osiris Lord of Eternity
- Osiris Ruler of the Living
- Osiris Wennefer
- Osiris-Apis
- Osiris-Khentiamentiu
P: 15 names
- Pakhet
- Pakhet She Who Scratches
- Pakhet-Sekhmet
- Pashet
- Peshet
- Petbe
- Ptah
- Ptah Lord of Ankh-Tawy
- Ptah Lord of Truth
- Ptah South of His Wall
- Ptah Who Hears Prayers
- Ptah-Naunet
- Ptah-Nun
- Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
- Ptah-Tatenen
Q: 5 names
- Qebehsenuef
- Qen
- Qerhet
- Qetesh
- Qetesh Mistress of All the Gods
R: 14 names
- Ra
- Ra in His Barque
- Ra of the Horizon
- Ra-Atum-Khepri
- Ra-Horakhty
- Ra-Horakhty Lord of Heaven
- Raet-Tawy
- Renenutet
- Renenutet Lady of the Granary
- Renpet
- Repyt
- Reshep
- Reshmut
- Ruty
S: 78 names
- Sah
- Sameref
- Satekhet
- Satet
- Satet Lady of the Inundation
- Satis
- Sebiumeker
- Sedjemet
- Sefkhet-Abwy
- Sehedj
- Sehetep
- Sekhathor
- Sekhem-Aset
- Sekhemtu
- Sekhen-Wer
- Sekhet
- Sekhet-Hor
- Sekhmet
- Sekhmet Lady of Flame
- Sekhmet Mistress of Dread
- Sekhmet the Powerful One
- Sekhmet-Nefer
- Sekhmet-Ra
- Semataui
- Semu
- Senebket
- Sepa
- Sepdet-Heru
- Sepes
- Sepetep
- Serapis
- Serekhet
- Seret
- Serket
- Serqet
- Serqet She Who Causes the Throat to Breathe
- Seshat
- Seshat Foremost of the House of Books
- Seshat Lady of Builders
S, continued
- Set
- Set Great of Strength
- Set Lord of the Red Land
- Set of Ombos
- Setem
- Shai
- Shai Lord of Fate
- Shed
- Shenet-Heka
- Shentayet
- Shenti
- Shesmetet
- Shezmu
- Shezmu Lord of the Wine Press
- Shu
- Shu Lifter of the Sky
- Shu-Anhur
- Sia
- Sia Divine Perception
- Sobek
- Sobek Lord of Faiyum
- Sobek Lord of Shedet
- Sobek Lord of the Waters
- Sobek of Kom Ombo
- Sobek-Hor
- Sobek-Ra
- Sobekheret
- Sokar
- Sokar Lord of Rosetau
- Sokar-Nefer
- Sokar-Osiris
- Sopdet
- Sopdet Mistress of the New Year
- Sopdu
- Sothis
- Souchos
- Souls of Nekhen
- Souls of Pe
- Sutekh
T: 30 names
- Tabitjet
- Tatenen
- Tatenen Risen Land
- Taweret
- Taweret Lady of the Birth House
- Taweret the Great One
- Tawy-Neb
- Tayt
- Tebu
- Tefenet
- Tefnut
- Tefnut Lady of Moisture
- Tefnut-Hathor
- Tem
- Tenemet
- Tenenet
- Teshemu
- Thermouthis
- Thoth
- Thoth Lord of Divine Words
- Thoth Lord of Khemenu
- Thoth Master of the House of Books
- Thoth Reckoner of Years
- Thoth Scribe of the Gods
- Thoueris
- Tjenenyet
- Tjesemu
- Triphis
- Tutu
- Tutu Master of Demons
U: 3 names
- Ubasti
- Unut
- Userkhet
W: 19 names
- Wab-Neter
- Wadj-wer
- Wadjekhet
- Wadjet
- Wadjet Eye of Ra
- Wadjet Lady of Dep
- Wadjet the Green One
- Weneg
- Wenenu
- Wenut
- Wepset
- Wepwawet
- Wepwawet of the South
- Wepwawet Opener of the Ways
- Weret
- Werethekau
- Werethekau Great of Magic
- Wesir
- Wosret