theophoric name
Semantic name class
- Superordinate types:
- Subordinate type:
- 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 Ht
- 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
- Attestations:
- Display all people with names belonging to this type and its sub-types (attestation count: 12133)
- Usage period:
- Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
- Bibliography:
- Vernus 1986c, 122-123
bꜣst.t
both
3
I, 90.3
Bastet
bjk
both
4
I, 93.18
the Falcon
ptḥ-ꜥꜣ
both
11
mid-12th Dynasty - Second Intermediate Period
I, 138.18; I, 138.19
Ptah is great
ptḥ-ꜥnḫ
both
16
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 138.20; I, 138.21
Ptah is alive
ptḥ-wnn⸗f
both
14
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 139.4; II, 287.8; I, 139.3
Ptah, he exists
ptḥ-wr
both
41
mid-12th Dynasty - Second Intermediate Period
I, 139.6; I, 288.23
Ptah is pre-eminent
ptḥ-ḥtp
both
32
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 141.5
Ptah is satisfied
ptḥ-ḫn.jj
both
2
I, 138.11
ptḥ-skr
both
9
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 141.11
Ptah-Sokar
ptḥ.jj
both
3
I, 142.3; II, 287.24
m-ḥꜣ.t
both
6
12th Dyn.
I, 143.7
(...) is in front
m-sꜣ⸗f
both
14
12th Dyn.
I, 143.9
is his protection
mꜣꜥ.t
both
5
11th Dyn. - mid-12th Dyn.
I, 144.24; II, 288.7
Maat
mw.t
both
31
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 147.3; I, 147.4; I, 149.2
Mut / (my) mother(s) (?)
mnw
both
17
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 151.9; I, 151.14
Min
mnw-ꜥꜣ
both
9
early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
I, 151.17
Min is great
mnw-m-ḥꜣ.t
both
7
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 151.19
Min is in front
mnw-m-sḥn.t
both
5
early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
I, 151.25
Min is in sehenet
mnw-nḫt
both
36
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 152.6; II, 289.17; II, 312.1
Min is strong
mnw-ḥr-ḫtjw
both
3
I, 152.8
mnw-ḥtp
both
76
12th - 13th Dyn.
I, 152.9; I, 152.10
Min is satisfied
mnḫ-sbk
both
7
13th Dyn.
I, 153.12
Sobek is sublime
mnṯ.w
both
25
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 153.20; I, 81.7
Montu
mnṯ.w-wsr
both
78
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 153.27; I, 282.8
Montu is powerful
mnṯ.w-ḥtp
both
526
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 154.21; I, 154.3
Montu is satisfied
mr.jj-ptḥ
both
10
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
I, 5.14; I, 159.25; I, 160.14; I, 140.8; I, 161.19
beloved of Ptah
mr.jj-rꜥ
both
6
12th Dyn.
I, 160.23
Meryra (Pepi I) or beloved by Ra
mr.jj-ḥr
both
6
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 161.6
beloved of Horus
mr.jj.t-nbw
both
2
I, 161.21
beloved of the Gold
msḥ-mr
both
5
Amenemhat II-Senusret II
I, 164.15
Meseh (is on the) canal
msḥ.t
both
18
11th - 12th Dyn.
ME
I, 164.16
msḥ.t.j
both
4
11th Dyn. - mid-12th Dyn.
ME
I, 164.17
mk.t
both
60
FIP - Neferhotep I
I, 166.19; I, 166.17; I, 166.18; I, 166.20; I, 166.21; I, 167.2
Meket
mk.t-rꜥ
both
12
11th - 12th Dyn.
I, 166.24
n.j-sw-ptḥ
both
3
I, 176.5
he belongs to Ptah
n.j-sw-mnṯ.w
both
93
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 176.14
he belongs to Montu
n.j-kꜣ.w-ptḥ
both
5
12th Dyn.
I, 180.20
kas belong to Ptah
n.t
both
4
I, 181.24
Neith
nb-ꜣbḏw
both
4
I, 183.2
the Lord of Abydos
nb-jwn.t
both
9
late 12th Dyn. - Neferhotep I
lord of Dendera
nb-jnw
both
2
I, 188.3
nb-p.t
both
3
I, 184.13
the Lord of the heaven
nb-swmn.w
both
113
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⸗j-pw
both
62
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
I, 184.14
this is my lord
nbw
both
25
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 190.3; I, 190.4; I, 190.5
gold / the Gold
nbw.jj
both
3
I, 192.13
nfr-mꜣꜥ.t
both
2
I, 196.17
Maat is fair
nfr-ḫꜥ.w
both
11
11th - 12th Dyn.
I, 199.5
nmt.j
both
30
FIP - Neferhotep I
I, 204.13; I, 204.14; I, 69.16
Nemti
nmt.j-ꜥnḫ⸗f
both
4
Nemti, he lives