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
nn-nḫn
m
1
II, 299.25
not a child
nn-nsw-nḫt
f
1
Nennesu (Herakleopolis) is strong
nn-nsw-ḥtp
m
2
Nennesu (Herakleopolis) is satisfied
nn-rn⸗f
m
2
I, 204.25
his name does not exist
nn-rḫ-m⸗sn
f
1
there is no knowledge in them (no one knowledgeable among them)
nn-rḫ⸗sn-sj
f
1
I, 204.26
they will not know her
nn-ḫm⸗s
m
1
I, 204.27
she will not be ignorant
nn-ḫm⸗sn
both
17
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
I, 204.28
they are not ignorant
nn-smḫ⸗f
m
1
he will not be forgotten (?)
nn-smḫ.tw⸗f
both
6
Sobekhotep IV - Amenhotep II
I, 204.29
he is not fogotten
nn-sd
f
1
there is no tail
nn-qꜣ.t
f
1
not a tall one (fem.)
nn-qn.tw⸗f
m
1
he is not beaten
nn-gm⸗f
m
1
he will not find
nn-gm⸗s-rn⸗f
m
1
she will not find his name
nn-tꜣ-wꜣ-r⸗f
m
4
the land will not be distant from him
nn-dj⸗j-rḫ.tw⸗f
m
2
(I) will not let him be known
nn-dj⸗j-sj
f
3
I, 204.20
I will not give her (?)
nn.w
both
15
Uncertain, including New Kingdom
I, 205.10; I, 206.7; I, 206.9; I, 206.12
child
nn.t
f
3
II, 329.24
nnꜣ
both
6
I, 205.3
nnj
both
156
before Thutmose III
I, 204.17; I, 205.9; I, 205.8; I, 205.4; I, 205.26; I, 205.27; I, 205.6; I, 205.13; I, 205.14; I, 424.15
nnj-ꜥnḫ.tj
f
1
Neni is alive
nnj-rs
m
2
I, 204.24
Neni is awake
nnj-rs.tj
f
1
Neni is awake
nnj-snb
m
1
Neni is healthy
nnk-sw
m
5
12th to early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
I, 172.22
he is mine
nrꜣw
m
1
I, 424.16
nrr
m
1
nh.t
f
2
I, 206.22
the Sycamore
nh.t-nfr.tj
f
2
I, 206.24
the Sycamore is fair
nhm-rd.jj
m
1
nhmwḫšw
m
1
nhrn
m
1
nht-m-wjꜣ
f
1
I, 206.23
the Sycamore is in the wia-bark
nḥ
m
2
I, 207.9
nḥ-ptḥ (?)
m
1
nḥ-n⸗j
nḥ-nfr
f
1
I, 207.11
Neh is fair
nḥ-ḫpr
f
1
a desired one has emerged
nḥ.j-rdj
m
3
I, 228.7
the desired one is given
nḥ.jj
both
236
late 12th Dynasty - Thutmose III
I, 207.15; I, 207.19; I, 207.20; I, 207.23
the wished one (masc.)
nḥ.jj-m-ꜥ⸗j
m
1
I, 207.21
the wished one (masc.) is in my hand
nḥ.jj-mr.j
m
1
II, 300.7; I, 89.20
nḥ.jj-nfr
m
1
I, 207.18
the wished one (masc.) is fair
nḥ.jj-snb
m
16
early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
I, 207.22
Nehy is healthy
nḥ.jj.n⸗j
both
16
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 207.17
the one I asked for
nḥ.jj.n⸗j-n⸗j
m
1
I, 208.21
he whom I wanted for me
nḥ.jj.t
f
19
13th Dyn. - Thutmose III
II, 300.6; I, 207.26; I, 207.12
the wished one (fem.)
nḥ.jj.t.n⸗j
f
9
Sobekhotep IV - 17th Dyn.
I, 207.13; I, 207.27; II, 292.7
the one I asked for (fem.)