Egyptian Kingdom Name Generator

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Generate Egyptian kingdom names for fantasy worlds, D&D settings and historical fiction: real Nile realms like Kemet, Kush and the Theban Kingdom alongside invented crowns, nomes and dynasties such as Akhmeret, Per-Sekhem and the Kingdom of the Lotus Throne.

About Egyptian kingdom names

The Egyptians never called their country Egypt. To them it was Kemet, the Black Land of fertile Nile silt, set against Deshret, the Red Land of desert on either side. Politically it was always the Two Lands: Ta-Shemau (Upper Egypt, the narrow valley) and Ta-Mehu (Lower Egypt, the Delta), each with its own crown and patron goddess. Every pharaoh's titulary called him nesut-bity, "He of the Sedge and the Bee," which is why so many good Egyptian kingdom names lean on pairs: two crowns, two ladies, two banks of the river.

Below the kingdom sat the nomes, forty-two provinces with names like Wetjes-Hor ("Throne of Horus") and Ta-Seti ("Land of the Bow"), and beyond the cataracts lay rival realms such as Kush, Kerma, Napata and Meroë. Real Egyptian place names are built from short, sturdy roots: per (house), ta (land), hut (mansion), iunu (pillar), nefer (beautiful), sekhem (power), akhet (horizon), wadj (green). Combine two or three and the result sounds like it belongs on a temple wall.

This generator mixes genuine historical realms and nomes with invented kingdoms, crowns, dynasties and thrones in the same idiom. For a campaign or novel, pick one transliterated name as the native form (Akhmeret) and one English epithet as what foreigners call it (the Kingdom of the Lotus Throne), the way Men-nefer became Memphis.

How to choose Egyptian kingdom names

  • Pair a native name with a translated epithet: Khentamenti on the map, "the Kingdom of the Western Horizon" in dialogue, just as Ta-Mery and the Black Land both meant Egypt.
  • Name provinces after a totem animal or sacred object (the Nome of the Ibis, the Nome of the Harpoon); real nomes did exactly that and it instantly gives each region a banner.
  • Use Upper and Lower pairs for civil wars or rival dynasties: a White Crown realm in the valley and a Red Crown realm in the Delta already tells players who the two sides are.
  • Stick to Egyptian phonology: lots of k, t, s, m, n and sh, vowels mostly a, e and u, and no hard consonant clusters. Hesretu sounds Egyptian; Strakvold does not.
  • Avoid naming a whole kingdom after a single famous pharaoh unless that is the point; dynasties, gods and landscape features make more natural kingdom names than people do.

Frequently asked questions

What did ancient Egyptians call their own kingdom?

Kemet, meaning the Black Land, after the dark silt left by the Nile flood. They also used Ta-Mery (Beloved Land) and Tawy (the Two Lands) for the union of Upper and Lower Egypt. The word Egypt comes from Hut-Ka-Ptah, a name for Memphis, via Greek Aigyptos.

What is a nome?

A nome was one of the forty-two administrative provinces of ancient Egypt, twenty-two in Upper Egypt and twenty in Lower Egypt. Each had a standard, a capital and a patron deity, with names like Ta-Seti, Wetjes-Hor and Sapi-Res. They make excellent ready-made duchies or provinces for a fantasy Egypt.

Can I use these names for a D&D campaign or novel?

Yes. The historical names (Kemet, Kush, Napata, the nomes) are public knowledge, and the invented kingdoms, crowns and dynasties here are original and free to use in games, fiction and worldbuilding projects.

How do I make an Egyptian kingdom name sound authentic?

Build it from real roots such as per, ta, hut, nefer, sekhem, akhet and wadj, keep the consonants soft (k, t, s, m, n, sh) and hyphenate compounds the way Egyptologists transliterate them: Per-Wadjet, Akhet-Nefer, Ta-Seti. Then give it an English epithet for flavor.

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A: 12 names

  • Abu-Khau
  • Akhet-Khufu-Tawy
  • Akhet-Neferu
  • Akhmeret
  • Anhur-Tjeni
  • Anhurkesh
  • Ankh-Kemet
  • Ankh-Ra-Tawy
  • Ankhtawy
  • Anpu-Sauty
  • Anuket-Mehu
  • Asheru

B: 1 name

  • Bull Throne of Iunu

C: 6 names

  • Cobra Throne of Per-Wadjet
  • Cow Throne of Iunet
  • Crocodile Throne of Shedet
  • Crown of Shemu
  • Crown of the Northern Sycamore
  • Crown of the Sedge Nome

D: 34 names

  • Desert Kingdom of Ta-Sety
  • Desert Realm of Deshret-Kha
  • Deshret
  • Djehuti-Khemenu
  • Djeser-Tawy
  • Domain of Neb-Hapi
  • Domain of the Eastern Marshes
  • Domain of the Necropolis Priests
  • Dominion of Akh-Wadjet
  • Dominion of Amen-Shemau
  • Dominion of Heqa-Khaset

D, continued

  • Dominion of Iteru-Meh
  • Dominion of Nebu-Hesret
  • Dominion of Seshmet-Tawy
  • Dominion of the Black Delta
  • Dominion of the Lower Nile
  • Dominion of the Upper Nile
  • Dynasty of Ankhet-Tawy
  • Dynasty of Djehuti-Mes
  • Dynasty of Hesu-Ankh
  • Dynasty of Iah-Nebu
  • Dynasty of Khnum-Nefer

D, continued

  • Dynasty of Khuitawy
  • Dynasty of Menkheperu
  • Dynasty of Neferhetep
  • Dynasty of Sekhemka
  • Dynasty of Seshmet
  • Dynasty of Sobek-Shemau
  • Dynasty of the Ibis
  • Dynasty of the Silver Falcon
  • Dynasty of the Sunboat
  • Dynasty of the Vulture and the Cobra
  • Dynasty of the White Reed
  • Dynasty of Userkhau

E: 14 names

  • Empire of Kemet
  • Empire of Kush and Kemet
  • Empire of the Cataract Lords
  • Empire of the Delta Princes
  • Empire of the Double Crown
  • Empire of the Golden Horus
  • Empire of the Living Falcon
  • Empire of the Nile Kings
  • Empire of the Nine Bows
  • Empire of the Red and Black
  • Empire of the Reed Throne
  • Empire of the Scarab Kings
  • Empire of the Sun Kings
  • Empire of the Two Lands

F: 4 names

  • Falcon Throne of Nekhen
  • Ferry Kingdom of Khemenu
  • Fortress Kingdom of Buhen
  • Fortress Kingdom of Semna

G: 2 names

  • Gold Lands of Amu
  • Gold Lands of Wawat

H: 18 names

  • Hapi-Tawy
  • Hedj-Tawy
  • Hedj-Wer
  • Heqa-Tawy
  • Heqat of the Two Shores
  • Heryshaf-Tawy
  • Hesret-Meru
  • Hesretep
  • Hesretu

H, continued

  • Hetepsenu
  • House of Nebet-Tawy
  • House of the Reed Kings
  • House of the Sun Priests
  • Hut-Benben
  • Hut-Heryib
  • Hut-Nebu
  • Hut-Sekhem
  • Hut-Wadjyt

I: 9 names

  • Iah-Tawy
  • Ibis Throne of Khemenu
  • Irtjet
  • Iteru-Nefer
  • Iteru-Shemsu
  • Iteru-Tawy
  • Iunakhet
  • Iunmutef-Tawy
  • Iunu-Meh Crown

J: 1 name

  • Jackal Throne of Sauty

K: 110 names

  • Kemet
  • Kemet-Hesut
  • Kha-Nefer-Tawy
  • Khau-Menkh
  • Khenmet-Tawy
  • Khentamenti
  • Kheperat
  • Khepri-Akhet
  • Kherisut
  • Khet-Nefer
  • Khnum-Abu Realm
  • Khnum-Res
  • Kingdom of Akhet and Peret

K, continued

  • Kingdom of Akhet-Nefer
  • Kingdom of Alodia
  • Kingdom of Amenkhau
  • Kingdom of Amun's Breath
  • Kingdom of Ankhesenu
  • Kingdom of Avaris
  • Kingdom of Djeser-Akhet
  • Kingdom of Hapi's Gift
  • Kingdom of Heryshaf
  • Kingdom of Hesep-Nebu
  • Kingdom of Isis's Wings
  • Kingdom of Iteru-Kha
  • Kingdom of Iunet
  • Kingdom of Kerma

K, continued

  • Kingdom of Khenti-Iabet
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Kingdom of Lower Egypt
  • Kingdom of Makuria
  • Kingdom of Men-Nefer-Tawy
  • Kingdom of Meroë
  • Kingdom of Min's Harvest
  • Kingdom of Napata
  • Kingdom of Nebet-Hesu
  • Kingdom of Nekhen
  • Kingdom of Nobatia
  • Kingdom of Nubt
  • Kingdom of Pe and Dep
  • Kingdom of Ra's Eye

K, continued

  • Kingdom of Sekhem-Ra
  • Kingdom of Sekhmet's Breath
  • Kingdom of Seshet
  • Kingdom of Seth's Storm
  • Kingdom of Sheta-Ka
  • Kingdom of Sobek's Bank
  • Kingdom of Ta-Ankh
  • Kingdom of Tawer-Khau
  • Kingdom of Ten Thousand Reeds
  • Kingdom of the Bent Horizon
  • Kingdom of the Bitter Lakes
  • Kingdom of the Black Silt Road
  • Kingdom of the Black Soil
  • Kingdom of the Blemmyes

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Blue Lotus
  • Kingdom of the Bone-White Cliffs
  • Kingdom of the Broken Cataract
  • Kingdom of the Cataracts
  • Kingdom of the Copper Hills
  • Kingdom of the Date Palms
  • Kingdom of the Dawn Reed
  • Kingdom of the Drowned Temple
  • Kingdom of the Ebony Road
  • Kingdom of the Emerald Marsh
  • Kingdom of the Endless River
  • Kingdom of the Enduring Stone
  • Kingdom of the Eternal Ka

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Fallen Obelisk
  • Kingdom of the Fayum Lake
  • Kingdom of the Flood Season
  • Kingdom of the Great Green
  • Kingdom of the Harvest Season
  • Kingdom of the Inundation
  • Kingdom of the Ivory Road
  • Kingdom of the Living Falcon
  • Kingdom of the Lotus Throne
  • Kingdom of the Nine Wells
  • Kingdom of the Pale Dunes
  • Kingdom of the Red Oxen
  • Kingdom of the Reed Crown
  • Kingdom of the Rising Sothis

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Sacred Cat
  • Kingdom of the Scarab Throne
  • Kingdom of the Second Cataract
  • Kingdom of the Sedge and the Bee
  • Kingdom of the Seven Mouths
  • Kingdom of the Seven Scorpions
  • Kingdom of the Shining Waters
  • Kingdom of the Silver Ibis
  • Kingdom of the Singing Sands
  • Kingdom of the Sleeping Crocodile
  • Kingdom of the Sleeping Sphinx
  • Kingdom of the Sowing Season
  • Kingdom of the Still Waters
  • Kingdom of the Sun Disk

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Sunboat
  • Kingdom of the Twin Obelisks
  • Kingdom of the Twin Shrines
  • Kingdom of the Vigilant Jackal
  • Kingdom of the Wall of the Ruler
  • Kingdom of the Watchful Cobra
  • Kingdom of the Way of Horus
  • Kingdom of the White Wall
  • Kingdom of Thoth's Reed
  • Kingdom of Three Harvests
  • Kingdom of Tjeni
  • Kingdom of Upper Egypt
  • Kingdom of Wenut
  • Kingship of Ta-Mery

L: 9 names

  • Land of Irem
  • Land of Iuntiu
  • Land of Punt
  • Land of the Libu
  • Land of the Medjay
  • Land of Tjemehu
  • Lion Throne of Taremu
  • Lotus Throne of Shedet
  • Lower Realm of Sais

M: 13 names

  • Ma'at-Kemet
  • Marches of Medja
  • Marches of the Red Land
  • Marches of the Sinai Road
  • Marches of Tjehenu
  • Marches of Wawat
  • Marsh Kingdom of Per-Bast
  • Men-Nefer-Res
  • Menet-Khufu
  • Menkhet
  • Mer-Iteru
  • Mer-Wer Kingdom
  • Meri-Hapi

N: 45 names

  • Nebet-Hetepet
  • Nebtawy
  • Nebty-Kemet
  • Nebu-Khaset
  • Nebu-Satet
  • Nefer-Kemet
  • Neferet-Iteru
  • Neferkhau
  • Neferseshem
  • Nekhbet-Shemau
  • Nekheb-Wadjet Union
  • Nesut-Khau
  • Nesut-Tawy
  • Nilometer Throne of Abu
  • Nome of Am-Khent

N, continued

  • Nome of Am-Pehu
  • Nome of Andjety
  • Nome of Anpu
  • Nome of Atef-Khent
  • Nome of Atef-Pehu
  • Nome of Behdet
  • Nome of Hat-Mehit
  • Nome of Herui
  • Nome of Inebu-Hedj
  • Nome of Ka-Heseb
  • Nome of Ka-Khem
  • Nome of Khaset
  • Nome of Khensu
  • Nome of Ma-Hedj
  • Nome of Maten

N, continued

  • Nome of Minu
  • Nome of Nar-Khent
  • Nome of Nar-Pehu
  • Nome of Nemty
  • Nome of Sapi-Meh
  • Nome of Sapi-Res
  • Nome of Sesheshet
  • Nome of Sopdu
  • Nome of Ta-Wer
  • Nome of Tjeb-Netjer
  • Nome of Tjebu
  • Nome of Wabwy
  • Nome of Wadjet
  • Nome of Wenet
  • Nome of Wetjes-Hor

O: 8 names

  • Oasis Kingdom of Bahariya
  • Oasis Kingdom of Dakhla
  • Oasis Kingdom of Farafra
  • Oasis Kingdom of Kharga
  • Oasis Kingdom of Siwa
  • Oasis Kingdom of Wadi Natrun
  • Oasis Realm of Wehat-Res
  • Oasis Throne of Kenem

P: 21 names

  • Per-Ankh-Kemet
  • Per-Ankh-Tawy
  • Per-Heka
  • Per-Iah
  • Per-Khepri-Akhet
  • Per-Khonsu
  • Per-Nebet
  • Per-Sekhem
  • Per-Sopdet
  • Per-Wadjet

P, continued

  • Principality of Abdju
  • Principality of Djedu
  • Principality of Gebtu
  • Principality of Henen-Nesut
  • Principality of Iunu
  • Principality of Khemenu
  • Principality of Nekheb
  • Principality of Per-Medjed
  • Principality of Sauty
  • Principality of Shedet
  • Principality of Tjaru

R: 48 names

  • Ram Throne of Khnum-Res
  • Realm of Amun-Nesu
  • Realm of Benu-Heka
  • Realm of Djedu-Nefer
  • Realm of Henet-Sopdu
  • Realm of Iunu-Shemau
  • Realm of Kheper-Tawy
  • Realm of Neith-Hesut
  • Realm of Sekhet-Iaru
  • Realm of Setep-Ankh
  • Realm of the Day Barque
  • Realm of the Desert Gate

R, continued

  • Realm of the Double Crown
  • Realm of the Evening Barque
  • Realm of the Falcon Seat
  • Realm of the Ferryman's Bank
  • Realm of the Field of Reeds
  • Realm of the Gilded Reed
  • Realm of the Golden Horus
  • Realm of the Hidden Nile
  • Realm of the Hidden One
  • Realm of the Hundred Nomes
  • Realm of the Lamp of Ra
  • Realm of the Living Ka

R, continued

  • Realm of the Lotus and Papyrus
  • Realm of the Morning Sun
  • Realm of the Night Barque
  • Realm of the Nine Bows
  • Realm of the Opening Hand
  • Realm of the Red Crown
  • Realm of the Sacred Ibis
  • Realm of the Sacred Lake
  • Realm of the Sed Festival
  • Realm of the Sycamore Nome
  • Realm of the Thirty Sed Years
  • Realm of the Two Banks

R, continued

  • Realm of the Two Ladies
  • Realm of the Vulture Crown
  • Realm of the White Crown
  • Reed Kingdom of Dep
  • Reed Kingdom of Djanet
  • Reed Kingdom of Pe
  • Reed Kingdom of Per-Bast
  • Renpet-Nefer
  • Retjenu
  • River Kingdom of Hapi
  • River Kingdom of Iteru-Nefer
  • River Kingdom of the Cataract

S: 24 names

  • Sankh-Tawy
  • Scarab Throne of Khepri-Akhet
  • Seat of Akhet-Khufu
  • Seat of the Southern Heliopolis
  • Seat of the White Wall
  • Sehetep-Tawy
  • Sekhenra
  • Sekhet-Hemat
  • Sema-Tawy
  • Sep-Tawy
  • Seshat-Iteru
  • Seshemet

S, continued

  • Setep-Tawy
  • Shemau-Mehu
  • Sobek-Shedet
  • Sobekhenu
  • Stone Kingdom of Abu
  • Stone Kingdom of Rostau
  • Stone Kingdom of Swenet
  • Stone Kingdom of Ta-Seti
  • Sun Kingdom of Akhet-Aten
  • Sun Kingdom of Iunu
  • Sun Kingdom of Ra-Horakhty
  • Sun Kingdom of the Benben

T: 108 names

  • Ta-Akhet
  • Ta-Hesret
  • Ta-Iah
  • Ta-Khepri
  • Ta-Mehu
  • Ta-Menu
  • Ta-Mery
  • Ta-Nebu-Res
  • Ta-Neferu
  • Ta-Netjer
  • Ta-Sekhmet
  • Ta-Seshat-Iteru
  • Ta-Seti

T, continued

  • Ta-Shemau
  • Ta-Wadjet
  • Tanethep
  • Tawy-Hetep
  • The Black Land
  • The Cataract Crown
  • The Cataract Kingdom
  • The Crocodile Kingdom
  • The Crown of Kha-Nebu
  • The Crown of Nefer-Iteru
  • The Crown of Seshemu
  • The Crown of Ten Nomes
  • The Crown of Wadj-Tawy
  • The Delta Crown

T, continued

  • The Delta Kingdom
  • The Heracleopolitan Kingdom
  • The Hyksos Realm
  • The Jackal Kingdom
  • The Kingdom Between the Deserts
  • The Kingdom Beyond the Cataract
  • The Kingdom of Sand and Silt
  • The Kingdom of Seven Temples
  • The Kingdom of Silent Tombs
  • The Kingdom of the Burning Horizon
  • The Kingdom of the Eastern Hills
  • The Kingdom of the First Cataract
  • The Kingdom of the Gold Roads

T, continued

  • The Kingdom of the Green Valley
  • The Kingdom of the Hundred Gates
  • The Kingdom of the Red Sea Road
  • The Kingdom of the Sacred Bull
  • The Kingdom of the Salt Marshes
  • The Kingdom of the Sixth Cataract
  • The Kingdom of the Sleeping Kings
  • The Kingdom of the Standing Stones
  • The Kingdom of the Star Clock
  • The Kingdom of the Turquoise Mines
  • The Kingdom of the Western Oases
  • The Lotus Crown of Henet
  • The Lotus Kingdom
  • The Nome of the Black Bull

T, continued

  • The Nome of the Black Ox
  • The Nome of the Calf
  • The Nome of the Cobra
  • The Nome of the Crocodile
  • The Nome of the Eastern Harpoon
  • The Nome of the Fish
  • The Nome of the Hare
  • The Nome of the Harpoon
  • The Nome of the Haunch
  • The Nome of the Ibis
  • The Nome of the Jackal
  • The Nome of the Knife
  • The Nome of the Lower Pomegranate

T, continued

  • The Nome of the Mountain Bull
  • The Nome of the Oryx
  • The Nome of the Sistrum
  • The Nome of the Throne
  • The Nome of the Upper Pomegranate
  • The Nome of the Viper
  • The Nome of the Western Harpoon
  • The Nome of the White Wall
  • The Nome of Two Falcons
  • The Oasis Kingdom
  • The Papyrus Kingdom
  • The Ptolemaic Kingdom
  • The Red Land
  • The Reed Crown of Pe-Dep

T, continued

  • The Reed Kingdom
  • The Saite Kingdom
  • The Scarab Kingdom
  • The Scorpion Kingdom
  • The Sphinx Kingdom
  • The Sunlit Crown of Anhur-Kesh
  • The Tanite Kingdom
  • The Theban Kingdom
  • The Two Lands
  • The Two Lands of Akhmeret
  • The Two Lands of Silt and Sand
  • The Two Lands of Sothis
  • The Two Lands of the Benu

T, continued

  • The Two Lands of the Hidden River
  • Throne of Akhenu
  • Throne of Hesret-Nebu
  • Throne of Men-Maat
  • Throne of Ta-Wer
  • Throne of the Inundation Stone
  • Throne of the Ninth Nome
  • Throne of the Reed and the Bee
  • Throne of the Rising Horizon
  • Throne of the Scarab
  • Throne of Wadjyt-Iteru
  • Tjehenu
  • Turquoise Lands of Mafkat
  • Twin Crowns of Henet-Tawy

U: 3 names

  • Upper Realm of Waset
  • Userkhet
  • Usermaat-Tawy

V: 1 name

  • Vulture Throne of Nekheb

W: 8 names

  • Wadj-Tawy
  • Wadj-Wer
  • Wadjmeru
  • Wadjyt-Seshem
  • Wawat
  • Weben-Akhet
  • Wehem-Mesut
  • Wepwawet-Res

Y: 1 name

  • Yam