Name Types
semantic name classes
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
 
formal name patterns
adjectival phrase
- active participle
 - adjective
 - passive participle
 - relative clause with the sḏm⸗f
 - relative clause with the sḏm.n⸗f
 - sḏm.tj⸗fj
 
adjectival sentence
- adjectival sentence with an adverbial clause
 - adjective + name
 - exclamatory adjectival sentence
 - independent pronoun + adjective
 - negative adjectival sentence
 - possessive sentence
 - ꜣḫ-n⸗j-GN
 - wr-bꜣw-GN
 
adverbial phrase
adverbial sentence
- GN-m-GN
 - GN-m-ꜣḫt
 - GN-m-jb⸗j
 - GN-m-wjꜣ
 - GN-m-wsḫt
 - GN-m-mr
 - GN-m-nḏ⸗s/f
 - GN-m-ḥꜣt
 - GN-m-ḥb
 - GN-m-ḫꜥw⸗s/f
 - GN-m-sꜣ
 - GN-m-sꜣ⸗s/f
 - GN-m-š
 - GN-m-toponym
 - GN-n-GN
 - GN-r-ḥꜣt
 - GN-ḥꜣ-jšt⸗f
 - GN-ḥꜣt
 - GN-ḥb
 - GN-ḥr-ḥb
 - GN-ḥr-ẖnt
 - KN-m-ꜥḥ.t
 - KN-m-ḥꜣt
 - KN-m-ḥwt-ꜥꜣt
 - KN-m-sꜣ
 - KN-m-sꜣ⸗s/f
 - KN-ḥr-ḥb
 - KN-ḥr-ẖnt
 - N-m-pt
 - negation of existence or a negative adverbial sentence
 - PN-m-ḥꜣt
 - PN-m-ḥst
 - PN-m-sꜣ⸗s/f
 - sentence with a pseudoverbal construction
 - ṯꜣw-n-PN
 
hypocoristic name ending with -jj
incomprehensible structure
name with a third person pronoun
- third person pronoun or verbal form refers to the name-bearer
 - third person pronoun refers not to the name-bearer
 
nominal phrase
- demonstrative pronoun + attribute
 - demonstrative pronoun + noun
 - direct genitival phrase
 - indirect genitival phrase
 - noun
 - noun + adjective
 - possessive prefix + noun
 
nominal sentence
verbal sentence
- balanced sentence
 - negative verbal sentence n sḏm⸗f
 - negative verbal sentence n sḏm.n⸗f
 - negative verbal sentence nn sḏm⸗f
 - participial statement
 - prominence construction adjective + sḏm⸗f
 - prominence construction adjective + sḏm.tw⸗f
 - sentence subject + sḏm⸗f
 - sentence with the imperative
 - sentence with the passive sḏm⸗f
 - sentence with the stative
 - sentence with the sḏm⸗f
 - sentence with the sḏm.n⸗f
 - sentence with the sḏm.tw⸗f