semantic name classes
Semantic name class
- Subordinate type:
- basileophoric name
- king appears, rises, comes, is being born
- king interacts with god
- king is alive, awake, enduring
- king is appeased, merciful, joyous
- king is fair, beautiful
- king is great, strong, powerful
- king is healthy
- king is in holiday
- king is prominent, foremost
- name with Jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- name with Wnjs
- name with Bjk
- name with Pjpj
- name with Mꜣꜥ-ḫrw-rꜥ
- name with Mnṯw-ḥtp
- name with Mrjj-rꜥ
- name with Nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ
- name with Nb-ḥpt-rꜥ
- name with Nbw-kꜣw-Rꜥ
- name with Nfr-ḥtp
- name with Nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- name with Ḫꜥ-ḫpr-Rꜥ
- name with Ḫꜥ-kꜣw-Rꜥ
- name with Ḫpr-kꜣ-Rꜥ
- name with H̱tjj
- name with S-n-wsrt
- name with Sꜥnḫ-kꜥ-rꜥ
- name with Sbk-ḥtp
- name with Snfrw
- name with Sḥtp-jb-Rꜥ
- name with Ttj
- name-bearer as king’s child
- name-bearer as king’s gift
- name-bearer belongs to king, king is name-bearer’s lord
- name-bearer protected by king
- speaker is made fair by king
- endophoric personal name
- animal name
- generic word for “child” (or gender designation)
- name derived from a toponym or ethnonym
- name with ꜥwj⸗j or ꜥ⸗j
- name with ꜥwj⸗sj(fj) or ꜥ⸗f(s)
- name-bearer comes, is being born
- name-bearer is excellent
- name-bearer is fair, beautiful
- name-bearer is healthy
- name-bearer is loved, praised
- name-bearer is name-giver’s companion
- name-bearer lives
- name-bearer lives long
- name-bearer referred to as nfrt
- name-bearer was given
- name-bearer’s birth was desired, asked for
- name-bearer’s quality
- object name
- ordinal number
- plant name
- profession name
- reference to a precious metal, stone
- reference to speaker’s brother
- reference to speaker’s father
- reference to speaker’s mother
- reference to speaker’s name
- reference to speaker’s sister
- reference to the birth date
- reference to third person’s father
- reference to third person’s mother
- reference to third person’s name
- speaker is content, unharmed
- wish, plea concerning the name-bearer
- foreign name
- holiday or calendrical name
- incomprehensible name
- name with rḥw(t)
- name with tꜣ “land”
- reference to a non-royal person
- name with Jj-m-ḥtp
- name with Jjj
- name with Jwjj
- name with Jmnjj
- name with Jn-jtj⸗f
- name with Jsj
- name with Wꜣḥ-kꜣ
- name with Bbj
- name with Mrjjt
- name with Nnj
- name with Nḫt(j)
- name with Rmnjj
- name with Ḥqꜣ-jb
- name with Snb
- name with Gm.n⸗j
- name with Ddj
- name with Ddw
- name-bearer as person’s child
- name-bearer as person’s gift
- name-bearer belongs to person, person is name-bearer’s lord
- name-bearer helps, supports the person
- name-bearer protected, saved by person
- person is alive, awake, enduring
- person is appeased, joyous
- person is being born
- person is beloved by speaker
- person is fair
- person is great, strong, powerful
- person is healthy
- person is prominent, foremost
- person is speaker’s companion
- reference to ka
- theophoric name
- divine epithet used as personal name
- god appears, rises, comes, is being born
- god benefits, helps name-bearer
- god benefits, helps speaker
- god exists
- god is appeased, joyous, kindly disposed
- god is beloved by speaker
- god is fair, beautiful
- god is great, strong, powerful
- god is healthy
- god is in holiday
- god is living, enduring, awake
- god is prominent, foremost
- god is speaker’s companion
- god is third person’s companion
- god manifested in name-bearer
- name with Ꜣst
- name with Jꜥḥ
- name with Jwn-mwt⸗f
- name with Jp
- name with Jpj
- name with Jpw
- name with Jmn
- name with Jn
- name with Jn-ḥrt
- name with Jnpw
- name with Jst-jrt
- name with Jq
- name with Jgꜣj
- name with Ꜥnqt
- name with Ꜥrjjt
- name with Wꜣḏjjt
- name with Wp-wꜣwt
- name with Wn
- name with Wrt
- name with Wḫ
- name with Wsrt
- name with Bꜣstt
- name with Pꜣḫ.t
- name with Ptḥ
- name with Mꜣ-ḥsꜣ
- name with Mꜣꜥt
- name with Mwt
- name with Mnw
- name with Mnḥtt
- name with Mnḫt
- name with Mnṯw
- name with Mḥjjt
- name with msḥ
- name with Msḫnt
- name with Mkt
- name with Mṯnw
- name with Nb-Kmwj
- name with (nb-)sšnw
- name with Nbw
- name with Nbt-ḥwt
- name with nb(t)(⸗j)
- name with Nfr-tm
- name with Nfrt
- name with Nmtj
- name with Nmtjwj
- name with Nn-nsw
- name with Nht
- name with Nḫbt
- name with Nšmt
- name with Nt
- name with nṯr(⸗j)
- name with nṯrw
- name with nṯrwj
- name with Rꜥ
- name with Rwtj
- name with Rnw
- name with Rnnwtt
- name with Rrwt
- name with Knmtj
- name with Ḥj
- name with Ḥꜥpj
- name with Ḥwt-Ḥr
- name with Ḥmn
- name with Ḥr
- name with Ḥr-wr
- name with Ḥrj-š⸗f
- name with Ḥqt
- name with Ḥḏ-ḥtp
- name with Ḫnsw
- name with Ḫntj-ẖtjj
- name with Ḫntt-bꜣw
- name with H̱nmw
- name with H̱rtj
- name with Sbk
- name with Spdw
- name with Sn-mrj
- name with Sḫmt
- name with Sḫt
- name with Skr
- name with Stẖ
- name with Sṯjjt
- name with Šꜣbt
- name with Šsmw
- name with Qjs
- name with kꜣ (bull)
- name with kꜣ-Jwnw
- name with Gbw
- name with Tp-jḥw
- name with Tfnt
- name with Tḫj
- name with Ṯnj
- name with Ṯnn
- name with Ḏḥwtj
- name-bearer as god’s child
- name-bearer as god’s gift
- name-bearer belongs to god, god is name-bearer’s lord (lady)
- name-bearer is made alive, awake, enduring by god
- name-bearer loved, praised by god
- name-bearer loved, praised by king
- name-bearer protected, saved by god
- speaker is made alive, awake, enduring by god
- speaker is made fair by god
- speaker protected, saved by god
- basileophoric name
- Attestations:
- Display all people with names belonging to this type and its sub-types (attestation count: 23410)
- Usage period:
- Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
n.j-sw-js.t-jr.t
m
1
he belongs to Osiris
n.j-sw-ptḥ
both
3
I, 176.5
he belongs to Ptah
n.j-sw-mnṯ.w
both
90
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 176.14
he belongs to Montu
n.j-sw-mnṯ.w-snb
m
2
Nisumontu is healthy
n.j-kꜣ.w-ptḥ
both
5
12th Dyn.
I, 180.20
kas belong to Ptah
n.t
both
4
I, 181.24
Neith
n.t-jwn.w
f
2
she of Heliopolis
n.t-jqr.tj
f
1
I, 181.27
Neith is excellent
n.t-ptḥ
m
1
Neith-Ptah
n.t-mn.tj
f
1
I, 182.3
Neith is enduring
n.t-nbw
f
14
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 181.4; I, 181.5
she of gold
n.t-ḥḏ
f
37
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
I, 181.7; I, 181.8; I, 181.9
she of silver
nb-ꜣbḏw
both
4
I, 183.2
the Lord of Abydos
nb-jw
m
6
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 183.5; I, 183.6
the Lord of Iu
nb-jw-n-šꜣ
m
6
13th Dyn.
the Lord of Jw-n-šꜣ
nb-jwn.w
m
2
lord of Heliopolis
nb-jwn.t
both
9
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
lord of Dendera
nb-jnw
both
2
I, 188.3
nb-jnb
m
1
nb-jr.j-r-ꜣw
m
11
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 183.14; II, 297.9
(my) lord is (my) companion entirely
nb-jr.j-r-ꜣw-m-ḥs.t
m
1
Nebiryrau is in praise
nb-jḥ.w
m
5
early 12th Dyn.
I, 186.20
nb-jtj
both
58
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 183.20; I, 183.19; I, 188.13
(my) father's lord
nb-jtj-ꜥnḫ
m
2
I, 183.21
the lord of my father is alive
nb-jtj⸗s
f
1
her father's lord
nb-ꜥꜣ
m
1
(my) lord is great
nb-ꜥnḫ
both
32
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 183.26
possessor or life
nb-p.t
both
3
I, 184.13
the Lord of the heaven
nb-psḏ.t
m
1
nb-mw.t
f
1
I, 188.16
lord of (my) mother
nb-nḥḥ
m
2
I, 185.23
nb-nṯr.w
m
3
I, 185.27
the Lord of gods
nb-r-ḏr
m
1
nb-rꜣ-jn.t
f
1
I, 188.25
the Lord of Rainet
nb-rꜣ-sḥ.wj
m
27
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
the Lord of Rꜣ-sḥwj
nb-ḥp.t
m
7
I, 186.3
Nebhepet(ra) (Mentuhotep II)
nb-ḥp.t-rꜥ
m
1
Nebhepetra (Mentuhotep II)
nb-swmn.w
both
111
13th - 17th Dyn.
I, 186.8; I, 186.9; I, 187.3; II, 296.25; II, 315.12; II, 297.2
the Lord of Sumenu
nb-sḫ.t-ꜥw
m
1
nb-sšn.w
m
3
the Lord of Fish
nb-šmꜥ.w-nḫt
m
1
I, 186.10
the lord of Shemau is strong
nb-km.wj
m
1
Nebkemui
nb-tꜣ.w
m
2
I, 186.24; I, 248.2
the lord of lands
nb-tꜣ.wj
m
1
I, 186.22
the lord of both lands
nb-tp-jḥ.w
f
1
the Lord of Atfih
nb⸗j-jw
m
3
II, 296.15
my lord has come
nb(⸗j)-jr.j
m
2
I, 183.13
(my) lord is (his/her) companion (?)
nb⸗j-jqr
m
1
my lord is excellent
nb⸗j-pw
both
61
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
I, 184.14
this is my lord
nb⸗j-pw-ptḥ
m
3
I, 184.16
my lord is Ptah