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  2. Ancient Egyptian Names - Behind the Name

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    From Ῥαμέσσης (Rhamesses), the Greek form of Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw meaning "born of Ra", composed of the name of the supreme god Ra combined with the root msj "be born". Ramesses was the name of eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

  3. Egyptian Names - Behind the Name

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    From Ῥαμέσσης (Rhamesses), the Greek form of Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw meaning "born of Ra", composed of the name of the supreme god Ra combined with the root msj "be born". Ramesses was the name of eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

  4. Ancient Egyptian Submitted Names - Behind the Name

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    Ancient Egyptian masculine name meaning " Montu is with his strong arm”. Mentuwoser 𓏠𓈖𓍿𓅱𓄊𓋴𓂋𓀀 m Ancient Egyptian. From Egyptian mnṯw-wsr meaning "Montu is powerful", derived from the name of the god Montu combined with wsr "mighty, powerful". Merenre m Ancient Egyptian.

  5. Egyptian Mythology Names - Behind the Name

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    Horus m Egyptian Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Ὧρος (Horos), the Greek form of Egyptian ḥrw (reconstructed as Heru and other forms) possibly from ḥr "above, over" or ḥrj "distant". In Egyptian mythology Horus was a god of the sky and light, often depicted as a man with the head of a falcon.

  6. Ancient Near Eastern Names - Behind the Name

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    These names were used in the ancient Near East. That is, by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Canaanites, Phoenicians and others. Listed separately are Ancient Egyptian names and Ancient Persian names.

  7. Ancient Greek Names - Behind the Name

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    Archelaus Ἀρχέλαος m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical. Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀρχέλαος (Archelaos), which meant "master of the people" from ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master" and λαός (laos) meaning "people". This was the name of a son of Herod the Great.

  8. Ancient Egyptian Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    Ancient Egyptian Origin Surnames. This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Ancient Egyptian. Egyptian was the Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.

  9. Arabic (Egyptian) Names - Behind the Name

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    From Persian نرم (narm) meaning "soft, gentle". It is typically masculine in Bosnian, and feminine in Turkish and Arabic. Yousra يسرى, يسرا f Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian) Alternate transcription of Arabic يسرى or يسرا (see Yusra) chiefly used in North Africa.

  10. Coptic Submitted Names - Behind the Name

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    The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian feminine prefix (or article/pronoun) ta combined with Egyptian nuti "God". Also, please note that I am uncertain for which gender this name is used, so I listed both genders.

  11. Arabic (Egyptian) Submitted Surnames - Behind the Name

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    Means "the Mahdi" from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy) meaning "guided one, rightly guided". In Islam, the term refers to a figure who will restore peace to the world. Means "the Egyptian", from Arabic مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy) meaning "Egyptian person". Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).