semantic name classes
Semantic name class
- Subordinate type:
- basileophoric name
- king appears, rises, comes, is being born
- 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
- king manifested in name-bearer
- king’s relation to god
- 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 Pjpj
- name with Mꜣꜥ-ḫrw-rꜥ
- name with Mꜣꜥt-kꜣ-rꜥ
- name with Mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
- name with Mn-ḫprw-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 loved, praised by king
- name-bearer protected by king
- name-giver is made fair by king
- royal epithet used as personal name
- endophoric personal name
- animal name
- general statement, possibly related to the birth
- 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 belongs to name-giver
- name-bearer comes, is being born
- name-bearer is a replacement
- name-bearer is a servant
- name-bearer is created, complete
- name-bearer is dear to name-giver
- name-bearer is fair, beautiful
- name-bearer is given, brought
- name-bearer is healthy
- name-bearer is hidden
- name-bearer is loved, praised
- name-bearer is name-giver’s companion
- name-bearer is name-giver’s master, lady
- name-bearer is name-giver’s progeny
- name-bearer is open, exposed
- name-bearer is protected, saved
- name-bearer is seen, looked at
- name-bearer is strong
- name-bearer lives, is awake
- name-bearer saves, protects name-giver
- name-bearer stands out among others
- name-bearer’s birth induces joy
- name-bearer’s birth is desired, asked for
- name-bearer’s birth is satisfying
- name-bearer’s quality
- name-giver is content, unharmed
- object name
- plant name
- profession name
- proverb
- reference to a precious metal, stone
- reference to birth order
- reference to name-bearer’s ancestry
- reference to name-giver’s father
- reference to name-giver’s mother
- reference to name-giver’s name
- reference to some external event or state
- reference to success or the lack of failure
- reference to sufficiency, subsistence
- reference to the family
- reference to third person’s father
- reference to third person’s mother
- reference to third person’s name
- something is found, known, remembered
- something is not found, forgotten, or ignored
- wish, plea concerning the name-bearer
- foreign name
- incomprehensible name
- name with rḥw(t)
- name with tꜣ “land”
- reference to a non-royal person
- name-bearer as person’s child
- name-bearer as person’s companion, sibling
- name-bearer as person’s gift
- name-bearer belongs to person, person is name-bearer’s lord
- name-bearer protected, saved by person
- person is alive, awake, enduring
- person is appeased, joyous
- person is being born
- person is beloved by name-giver
- person is fair
- person is great, strong, powerful
- person is healthy
- person is name-giver’s companion
- person is prominent, foremost
- person’s relation to god
- reference to a feminine non-royal person
- reference to a masculine non-royal person
- reference to a place having agency
- reference to ka
- reference to the birth date or time
- theophoric name
- divine epithet used as personal name
- god appears, rises, comes, is being born
- god benefits, helps name-bearer
- god benefits, helps name-giver
- god exists
- god is appeased, joyous, kindly disposed
- god is beloved by name-giver
- god is fair, beautiful
- god is great, strong, powerful
- god is healthy
- god is in holiday
- god is living, enduring, awake
- god is name-giver’s companion
- god is prominent, foremost
- god is pure
- god is third person’s companion
- god makes alive
- god manifested in name-bearer
- god’s relation to god
- name with nb(t)(⸗j)
- name with nṯrw
- name with nṯrwj
- name-bearer as god’s child
- name-bearer as god’s companion, sibling
- name-bearer as god’s gift
- name-bearer belongs to god, god is name-bearer’s lord (lady)
- name-bearer loved, praised by god
- name-bearer protected, saved by god
- name-giver is made fair by god
- name-giver protected, saved by god
- name-giver’s relation to god
- theophoric name with feminine divine name
- name with Ꜣst
- name with Ꜥnqt
- name with ꜥntj (Anat)
- name with Ꜥrjjt
- name with Wꜣḏjjt
- name with Wrt
- name with Wsrt
- name with Bꜣstt
- name with Bnjt
- name with Pꜣḫt
- name with psḏt
- name with Mꜣꜥt
- name with Mwt
- name with Mnḥtt
- name with Mnḫt
- name with Mḥjjt
- name with Msḫnt
- name with Nbw
- name with Nbt-ḥwt
- name with Nfrt
- name with Nht
- name with Nḫbt
- name with Nšmt
- name with Nt
- name with Rnw
- name with Rnnwtt
- name with Rrwt
- name with Knmtj
- name with Ḥwt-Ḥr
- name with Ḥqt
- name with Sḫmt
- name with Sḫt
- name with Sṯjt
- name with Šꜣbt
- name with Tfnt
- name with Tḫj
- theophoric name with masculine divine name
- 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 Wp-wꜣwt
- name with Wn
- name with Wḫ
- name with Bjk
- name with Bꜥꜣr
- name with Ptḥ
- name with Mꜣj
- name with Mꜣj-ḥsꜣ
- name with Mnw
- name with Mnṯw
- name with Msḥ
- name with Mkt
- name with Mṯnw
- name with Nb-Kmwj
- name with (nb-)sšnw
- name with Nfr-tm
- name with Nmtj
- name with Nmtjwj
- name with nṯr(⸗j)
- name with Rꜥ
- name with Rwtj
- name with Ht
- name with Ḥj
- name with Ḥꜥpj
- name with Ḥw
- name with Ḥp
- name with Ḥmn
- name with Ḥr
- name with Ḥr-wr
- name with Ḥrj-š⸗f
- 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 Skr
- name with Stẖ
- name with Šsmw
- name with kꜣ (bull)
- name with kꜣ-Jwnw
- name with Gbw
- name with Tm
- name with Ṯnn
- name with Ḏḥwtj
- basileophoric name
- Attestations:
- Display all people with names belonging to this type and its sub-types (attestation count: 45028)
- Usage period:
- Uncertain, including New Kingdom
njt
f
1
nꜥmj
m
1
nꜥk.t
f
1
nw.t
f
3
II, 296.14
nwjj
both
9
before Thutmose IV
I, 182.25; I, 36.21; II, 296.13
nwnj
m
1
I, 182.26
nwnw
both
7
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
I, 206.7
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
8
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
lord of Dendera
nb-jb
m
2
I, 183.9
the owner of (my) heart
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-jr.wt
both
14
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
I, 183.16; I, 188.5
lord of the Irut-tree
nb-jḥ.w
m
5
early 12th Dyn.
I, 186.20
nb-jtj-ꜥnḫ
m
2
I, 183.21
the lord of my father is alive
nb-jtj⸗j
both
62
before Thutmose III
I, 183.20; I, 183.19; I, 188.13
my father's lord
nb-jtj⸗j-mw.t⸗j
m
1
my father's and mother's lord
nb-jtj⸗s
f
1
her father's lord
nb-ꜥꜣ
m
1
(my) lord is great
nb-ꜥnn-sw
m
16
Amenhotep II - III
I, 183.25
(my) lord turns him back
nb-ꜥnḫ
both
32
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 183.26
possessor or life
nb-wꜣḥ-jb
m
3
I, 184.1
lord of benevolence
nb-wꜥ
m
36
Thutmose III - Amenhotep III
I, 184.4; I, 184.5
sole lord
nb-wꜥ.wj
m
4
I, 184.6
(my) lord is unique
nb-bs.t
m
1
possessor of the bst-bread (?)
nb-p.t
both
3
I, 184.13
the Lord of the heaven
nb-pḥ.ww
m
1
lord of the marshlands
nb-pḥ.tj-rꜥ
m
3
II, 296.20
Nebpehtire (throne name of Ahmose)
nb-psḏ.t
m
1
nb-m-jtj
m
3
I, 423.11
(my) lord is my father
nb-mꜣꜥ.t
m
2
I, 184.25
lord of Maat
nb-mw.t⸗j
f
1
I, 188.16
lord of my mother
nb-mr.w⸗f
m
1
nb-mr.wt⸗f
m
11
Thutmose III - Amenhotep III
I, 185.6
possessor (masc.) of his belovedness
nb-mrw.t
m
2
possessor (masc.) of belovedness
nb-mḥ.jjt
m
10
Amenhotep II - III
I, 185.7
lord of the north wind
nb-n-jꜣm-jb
m
2
possessor of happiness
nb-n-bjꜣ
m
1
possessor of the character
nb-n-mꜣꜥ.t
m
4
I, 185.10
lord of Maat
nb-n-njw.t
m
1
the lord of (my) town
nb-n-ḥꜥꜣ.w (?)
m
2
I, 185.11
lord of children
nb-n-ḫr
m
2
I, 185.13
lord of Syria
nb-n-ẖr.w⸗f
m
3
lord of his relatives
nb-n-km.t
m
4
Amenhotep II - III
I, 185.14
lord of Egypt
nb-n-tꜣ
m
2
lord of the land