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Here is a list of 155 ancient names and their origins and meanings. Ancient baby names for boys: Aarav: Hindi, peaceful. Alexander: from Greek, defending men. Amadeus: from Latin, lover of God.
The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1][2][3] or later Aramaic ...
M. Maatkare. Menkheperre (name) Mentuherkhepeshef. Mentuhotep. Meresankh (given name) Meritamen (given name) Meritites. Mery (ancient Egyptian name)
Phoebe (given name) Phoebe or Phœbe (/ ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; [1] Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē) is a female name, the feminine form of the male name Phoebus (Φοῖβος), an epithet of Apollo meaning "bright", "shining", and “pure”. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan associated with the power of prophecy as well as ...
Theodore (given name) Theodore is a masculine given name. It comes from the Ancient Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theódoros), meaning "gift of God (s)" (from the Ancient Greek words θεός, (theós) "God/Gods" and δῶρον (dṓron) "gift". [1] The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and ...
The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀈𐀨, dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural (δῶρα) of said word; [5] on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra, and 𐀀𐀠𐀈𐀨 ...