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 Jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- name with Wnjs
- name with Bjk
- name with Pjpj
- name with Mꜣꜥ-ḫrw-rꜥ
- name with Mnṯw-ḥtp
- name with Mrjj-rꜥ
- name with Nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ
- name with Nb-ḥpt-rꜥ
- name with Nbw-kꜣw-Rꜥ
- name with Nfr-ḥtp
- name with Nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
- 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-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 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
- basileophoric name
- Attestations:
- Display all people with names belonging to this type and its sub-types (attestation count: 24576)
- Usage period:
- Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
ḥtp-mn.w
ḥtp-rꜥ
ḥtp-spd.w
ḥtp-snfrw
ḥtp-skr
ḥtp-šsm.w
ḥḏ-ḥtp
Hedjhotep
ḫnt.j-m-ḥtp
2
Khenty is satisfied
s-n-ḏḥw.tj
man of Thoth
s-djw.nw
the fifth man
s.t-jmn
I, 279.21
woman of Amun
s.t-nbw
woman of the Gold
sꜣ-wsr.wj
sꜣ-ḥp.t
I, 283.24
son of Hepet
sꜣ-smn.t (?)
sꜣ.t-sꜣ-sbk
daughter of Sasobek
sꜣ.t-smn
daughter of Semen
sꜥnḫ-wj-rꜥ
I, 300.27
Ra makes me alive
sꜥnḫ-rꜥ
I, 301.9
(whom) Ra makes alive
swt.j-m-ḥꜣ.t
Suti is in front
swt.j-rꜥ
Suti-Ra
sbk-m-š
I, 304.10
Sobek is on the lake
sbk-rs
I, 305.1
Kebes is awake
sbk-ḥtp-ḥtp
Sobekhotep is satisfied
snb-pjpj
snb-snfrw
snb-tt.j
snn-mnw
I, 316.1
stẖ-sꜣ⸗f
Seth is his protection
gjf
I, 350.7
gjf.t
I, 350.8
tꜣ-n.t-jtj⸗s
I, 358.18
she of her father
ṯꜣrwḏt
dnj-ḥtp
sjs.nw
a
1
the sixth (male)
ṯꜣw-n-ꜥnḫ-n-snb.j
a
1
breath of life for Senbi
dj.nw
a
1
the fifth (male)
ꜣw-jb
both
5
I, 1.6
joyous (masc.)
ꜣb-jb
both
5
I, 1.16
(he), whom (my) heart desired
ꜣb.t-jb
both
43
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 1.19
(she), whom (my) heart desired
ꜣs.t
both
28
mid-12th Dynasty - Second Intermediate Period
I, 3.18
Isis
jꜣ.jj
both
22
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
I, 5.29; I, 6.1; I, 6.2
jj-jb⸗j
both
39
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 8.12; I, 93.8
my heart comes
jj-m-ḥtp
both
16
12th to early 13th Dyn. up to Neferhotep I
I, 9.2
come in peace / he who comes in peace
jj-m-snb
both
2
I, 414.13
he who comes in heath
jj-mr
both
30
Late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period
I, 9.14
the beloved (m) comes
jj-mr.jj
both
3
I, 9.16; II, 260.27
the beloved (m) comes
jj-mr.w
both
39
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 9.18; I, 9.14; I, 328.5
the beloved (m) comes
jj-n-ḥb
both
20
mid-12th Dynasty - Second Intermediate Period
I, 9.23; II, 304.30
(he) who came during the holiday
jj-n⸗j
both
14
12th - 17th Dyn.
I, 9.25
come to me