Egyptian Names

9 Egyptian names for girls, listing Egyptian baby names 1-9. Berenice, Easter, Ebony, Isis and Kyra are popular names. Anwar, Asenath, Charmian and Sesheta are uncommon names. View Egyptian baby names for name meanings, search Egyptian names for boys, or search other baby names.

Anwar ... Most familiar as a man's name borne by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

Asenath (Egyptian) ... Also possibly from Aramaic meaning "thorn bush" or from an Egyptian name meaning "gift of Isis". Biblical ... Joseph's Egyptian wife. [1]

Berenice ... It was introduced to the Egyptian royal house by the widow of one of Alexander the Great's officers ... [7]

Charmian ... Shakespeare used the name for an attendant of the Egyptian queen in "anthony and Cleopatra" ... [8]

Easter (Egyptian) ...

Ebony (Egyptian) ... [11]

Isis (Egyptian) ...

Kyra ... from the Persian and Egyptian word for "like Ra, the sun" ... [11]

Sesheta Egyptian mythology: Sesheta was the goddess of the stars and the patroness of writing and literature.

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