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Copts. Coptic names refer to the personal names used by the Copts, the indigenous Christian inhabitants of Egypt. They reflect the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Arab and Christian influences in the region and encompass a diverse range of naming practices, which have evolved over centuries.
Pages in category "Surnames of Egyptian origin" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abdelaal;
M. Maatkare. Menkheperre (name) Mentuherkhepeshef. Mentuhotep. Meresankh (given name) Meritamen (given name) Meritites. Mery (ancient Egyptian name)
Pages in category "Arabic-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 741 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Along with the title pharaoh for later rulers, there was an Ancient Egyptian royal titulary used by Egyptian kings which remained relatively constant during the course of Ancient Egyptian history, initially featuring a Horus name, a Sedge and Bee (nswt-bjtj) name and a Two Ladies (nbtj) name, with the additional Golden Horus, nomen and prenomen ...
Many Egyptian surnames also became Hellenized and Arabized, meaning they were altered to sound Greek or Arabic. This was done by the addition of the Greek suffix -ios to Egyptian names such as, for example, Pakhom to Pakhomios; or by adding the Egyptian Arabic definite article el to Egyptian names such as, for example, Bayoumi to el-Bayoumi ...
Gods. Aker – A god of Earth and the horizon [ 3] Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom [ 4] Anhur – A god of war and hunting [ 5][ 6][ 7] Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of ...
Serekh of king Peribsen with the image of Set, the god of the desert, and a sun disc above. The Horus name is the oldest known and used crest of ancient Egyptian rulers. It belongs to the "great five names" of an Egyptian pharaoh. However, modern Egyptologists and linguists are starting to prefer the more neutral term: the " serekh name ".