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
 
ꜣ.t-j
f
1
ꜣ.t⸗f
m
1
his moment
                    
                    
                        ꜣj
both
2
I, 1.1
ꜣjꜣ
m
1
I, 1.2
ꜣjw
m
1
ꜣjm
f
1
I, 192.18
ꜣw-jb
both
5
Sobekhotep IV - 17th Dyn.
I, 1.6
joyous (masc.)
                    
                    
                        ꜣw-jb-ḥr
m
4
I, 414.1
Horus is joyous
                    
                    
                        ꜣw-rs
m
2
I, 1.9
Au is alive
                    
                    
                        ꜣw.jj-ḥr.j
m
1
ꜣb
both
3
I, 1.15
desired one (masc.)
                    
                    
                        ꜣb-jb
both
5
late 12th - 13th Dyn.
I, 1.16
(he), whom (my) heart desired
                    
                    
                        ꜣb(⸗j)-jw.t⸗f
m
1
(I) wished that he may come
                    
                    
                        ꜣb.n⸗j
m
1
(he) whom I have desired
                    
                    
                        ꜣb.t
f
2
I, 1.18
desired one (fem.)
                    
                    
                        ꜣb.t-jb
both
43
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 1.19
(she), whom (my) heart desired
                    
                    
                        ꜣb.t-jn
f
1
ꜣb.t.n⸗j
f
6
Sobekhotep IV - 17th Dyn.
I, 1.20
(she) whom I have desired
                    
                    
                        ꜣb.tj
m
1
household member
                    
                    
                        ꜣbjjḫj
f
1
II, 259.5
ꜣbw.jj
both
2
I, 1.24
ꜣbrwj
f
1
ꜣbd
m
1
I, 1.28
month
                    
                    
                        ꜣbd.jj.t
f
1
I, 2.3
ꜣpjj
m
1
ꜣpjm
m
1
II, 259.8
ꜣpw-šꜣw
m
1
ꜣm.j
m
1
ꜣmꜣjw
m
1
ꜣnjj
both
3
I, 2.11; I, 2.10
ꜣnw
m
1
ꜣḫ-jtj.w
m
1
I, 2.23
beneficial are (my) fathers (?)
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-mw.t
f
1
I, 2.24
Mut is beneficial
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-n⸗j-jmn-ḥtp
m
1
I, 3.1
Amenhotep is beneficial for me
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-n⸗j-ptḥ
m
1
Ptah is beneficial for me
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-n⸗j-mw.t
f
1
I, 3.6
Mut is beneficial for me
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-ḥw.t-ḥr
f
1
I, 3.3
Hathor is beneficial
                    
                    
                        ꜣḫ-ẖrw
m
1
I, 3.4
family is beneficial
                    
                    
                        ꜣs.t
both
77
mid 12th - 18th Dynasty before Amenhotep IV
I, 3.18
Isis
                    
                    
                        ꜣs.t-wr.tj
f
2
I, 4.1
Isis is pre-eminent
                    
                    
                        ꜣs.t-m-ḥꜣ.t
f
1
I, 4.4
Isis is in front
                    
                    
                        ꜣs.t-m-ḥb
f
1
I, 4.5
Isis is in holiday
                    
                    
                        ꜣs.t-ḫꜥ.tj
f
1
I, 4.11
Isis has appeared
                    
                    
                        ꜣsjj
both
2
I, 3.16
ꜣš.jj.t
f
1
j
both
10
late 12th - 18th Dynasty before Amenhotep IV
I, 5.1; I, 5.3
j-ꜣs.t
II, 259.27
j-j
both
5
I, 7.8
j-jtj
f
1
I, 7.10
j-mnṯ.w
m
1
I, 5.13