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 Jꜥḥ-ms
- name with Jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- name with Jmn-ḥtp
- name with ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-n-rꜥ
- name with ꜥꜣ-ḫpr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- name with ꜥꜣ-ḫprw-rꜥ
- name with Wnjs
- name with Bjk
- name with Pjpj
- name with Mꜣꜥ-ḫrw-rꜥ
- name with Mꜣꜥ.t-kꜣ-rꜥ
- name with Mnṯw-ḥtp
- name with Mrjj-rꜥ
- name with Nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ
- name with Nb-pḥtj-rꜥ
- name with Nb-ḥpt-rꜥ
- name with Nbw-kꜣw-Rꜥ
- name with Nfr-ḥtp
- name with Nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- name with Kꜣ-ms
- 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 with Ḏḥwtj-ms
- name with Ḏsr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- 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 is strong
- 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 Bꜥꜣr
- name with Pꜣḫ.t
- name with Ptḥ
- name with Mꜣj
- name with Mꜣj-ḥsꜣ
- name with Mꜣꜥt
- name with Mwt
- name with Mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
- name with Mn-ḫprw-rꜥ
- 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 Ht
- name with Ḥj
- name with Ḥꜥpj
- name with Ḥw
- name with Ḥwt-Ḥr
- name with Ḥp
- 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 Sṯjt
- 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 Tm
- 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: 31451)
- Usage period:
- Uncertain, including New Kingdom
nfr
both
82
Uncertain, including New Kingdom
I, 194.1; II, 298.28
fair
nfr-jꜥḥ
both
3
I, 194.6
nfr-jmn
both
5
I, 195.1
nfr-ꜥb.wj
m
2
beautiful of both horns
nfr-ꜥnq.t
f
1
II, 298.13
nfr-wr.t
f
6
mid 12th Dynasty - Thutmose III
I, 195.26
the Pre-Eminent one (fem.) is fair
nfr-bꜣ-tꜣ
m
1
I, 196.1
nfr-psḏ.t
m
1
nfr-ptḥ
m
1
I, 196.10
Ptah is fair
nfr-mꜣꜥ.t
both
3
I, 196.17
Maat is fair
nfr-mw.t
both
2
I, 196.20
Mut is fair
nfr-mnḫ.t
f
1
I, 196.23
Menekhet is fair
nfr-mnṯ.w
m
1
Montu is fair
nfr-mḥ.jj.t
f
5
late 12th Dynasty - Thutmose III
SUE
I, 164.7
Mehyt is fair
nfr-nb⸗f
m
1
I, 197.6
nfr-nšm.t
m
1
I, 197.15
the neshmet-bark is fair
nfr-rnw
m
1
Renu is fair
nfr-rnp.wt
m
5
I, 197.19
nfr-rḥ.w
f
1
I, 197.20; I, 290.9
mates are fair
nfr-ḥw.t-ḥr
f
1
I, 198.22
Hathor is fair
nfr-ḥb
m
11
Second Intermediate Period and 18th Dynasty before Amenhotep IV
I, 198.2
holiday is fair
nfr-ḥb⸗f
m
29
18th Dyn. before Amenhotep IV
I, 198.3
nfr-ḥp.w.t-ḥw.t-ḥr
f
1
I, 198.5
nfr-ḥq.t
f
2
I, 255.28
Heqet is fair
nfr-ḥtp-ꜥnḫ
m
1
Neferhotep is alive
nfr-ḥtp-ꜥnq.t
f
1
I, 198.16
the mercy of Anuket is fair
nfr-ḥtp-snb
m
3
Neferhotep is healthy
nfr-ḫꜥ
f
2
I, 199.2; I, 199.4
nfr-ḫꜥ.w
both
13
before Amenhotep II
I, 199.5
nfr-ẖnm.w
m
4
I, 199.15
Khnum is fair
nfr-sj
f
1
nfr-sj-m-jb⸗j
f
2
I, 203.10
she is fair in my heart
nfr-sw
m
1
nfr-sbk
f
1
I, 199.19
Sobek is fair
nfr-sḫ.t
f
1
I, 200.1
Sekhet is fair
nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
m
5
12th - 13th Dyn.
Neferkara (Pepi II)
nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ-nb-njw.t
m
1
Neferkara is the lord of (my) city
nfr-kꜣ⸗j
both
3
I, 340.10; I, 200.18; I, 200.16
my ka is fair
nfr-tm
m
21
FIP - Neferhotep I
I, 200.24
Nefertum
nfr-tm-m-ḥs.t
f
1
Nefertum is in praise
nfr-tm-m-sꜣ-f
m
2
I, 200.27
Nefertum is his protection
nfr-tm-ḥtp
m
1
I, 201.1
Nefertum is satisfied
nfr-tḫ.j
f
2
I, 201.3
Drunkenness is fair
nfr⸗s-r⸗sn
f
1
she is more fair than they
nfr.w-jꜥḥ
f
1
II, 299.20
nfrw of Iah
nfr.w-jmn
f
3
I, 203.21
nfrw of Amun
nfr.w-ꜥnq.t
f
2
I, 203.22
nfrw of Anuket
nfr.w-wn
f
1
I, 203.23
nfrw of Un (?)
nfr.w-ptḥ
f
24
late 12th - 18th Dynasty before Amenhotep IV
I, 203.24
nfrw of Ptah
nfr.w-mnṯ.w
f
1
nfrw of Montu