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Egyptian dog names

Gods, rulers and words from ancient Egypt, where dogs were kept, named and even buried with their owners.

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Girl names (33)

Ahhotep
A warrior queen of Egypt honoured for her courage · Ancient Egyptian
Amarna
The short-lived royal city built by Akhenaten · Ancient Egyptian
Anuket
Egyptian goddess of the Nile, from a word meaning to embrace · Egyptian
Behekay
Means gazelle, a dog shown on the stela of Intef II · Ancient Egyptian
Dendera
An Egyptian town famed for its temple and starry ceiling · Ancient Egyptian
Faience
The glazed blue-green ceramic of ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Felucca
A wooden sailing boat that still glides along the Nile · Ancient Egyptian
Hatshepsut
Female pharaoh, her name means foremost of noble women · Egyptian
Hetepheres
A queen of Egypt and mother of Khufu · Ancient Egyptian
Kemet
Ancient Egyptian name for Egypt, the black land of Nile silt · Egyptian
Kiya
A queen of Egypt, a wife of Akhenaten · Ancient Egyptian
Kohl
The dark eye paint worn in ancient Egypt, for a dog with dark-lined eyes · Ancient Egyptian
Meresankh
An Old Kingdom queen of Egypt, her name means she loves life · Ancient Egyptian
Merneith
One of the first queens of Egypt, perhaps a ruler in her own right · Ancient Egyptian
Mut
Egyptian mother goddess, her name means mother · Egyptian
Nefertari
Favourite queen of Ramesses II, meaning the most beautiful · Egyptian
Neith
Early Egyptian goddess of weaving, hunting and war · Egyptian
Nekhbet
The vulture goddess who protected Upper Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Nephthys
Egyptian goddess whose name means lady of the house · Egyptian
Nofret
Means beautiful in ancient Egyptian, wife of Prince Rahotep · Ancient Egyptian
Nubia
The ancient land south of Egypt along the Nile · Ancient Egyptian
Nut
Egyptian goddess of the sky · Egyptian
Philae
An island temple on the Nile · Ancient Egyptian
Saqqara
The burial ground of Memphis, home of the Step Pyramid · Ancient Egyptian
Serket
Egyptian goddess of scorpions · Egyptian
Serqet
The scorpion goddess of healing in ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Sistrum
A sacred rattle shaken in ancient Egyptian music · Ancient Egyptian
Siwa
A desert oasis in western Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Sobekneferu
One of the first women to rule Egypt as pharaoh · Ancient Egyptian
Sopdet
Egyptian goddess of Sirius, the dog star · Egyptian
Tausret
A queen who ruled Egypt as pharaoh, her name means mighty lady · Ancient Egyptian
Taweret
Hippopotamus goddess of childbirth, meaning the great female · Egyptian · big dogs
Tefnut
The ancient Egyptian goddess of moisture and rain · Ancient Egyptian

Boy names (49)

Abaqer
Means greyhound, a dog of the ruler Intef II · Ancient Egyptian
Abutiu
A royal guard dog buried with honour at Giza over 4,000 years ago · Ancient Egyptian
Ahmes
An Egyptian scribe who copied a famous maths papyrus · Ancient Egyptian
Ahmose
Pharaoh who founded the 18th dynasty, meaning born of the moon god · Egyptian
Akhenaten
Pharaoh who made the sun disc Aten the centre of worship · Egyptian
Amenhotep
Pharaoh name meaning Amun is satisfied · Egyptian
Apis
The sacred bull of ancient Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
Aten
The sun disc of Egypt, raised above all gods by Akhenaten · Egyptian
Atum
Egyptian creator god, whose name means completion · Egyptian
Bennu
Heron bird of Egyptian myth, linked to the sun and rebirth · Egyptian
Bes
Dwarf god who protected Egyptian households · Egyptian · small dogs
Djet
A king of Egypt's First Dynasty, his name means serpent · Ancient Egyptian
Djoser
Pharaoh of the Step Pyramid, his name means splendour · Egyptian
Duamutef
A jackal-headed son of Horus in ancient Egyptian belief · Ancient Egyptian
Heka
The ancient Egyptian word for magic, also its god · Ancient Egyptian
Iah
Egyptian god of the moon, from the word for moon · Egyptian
Intef
A king of Thebes who kept named hunting dogs · Ancient Egyptian
Karnak
The vast temple complex at Thebes · Ancient Egyptian
Kemu
Means black, the name of one of Intef II's dogs · Ancient Egyptian
Khafra
Pharaoh of the second pyramid at Giza, meaning he appears as Ra · Egyptian
Khafre
The pharaoh who built the second pyramid at Giza · Ancient Egyptian · big dogs
Khnum
Ram headed god who shaped people on a potter's wheel · Egyptian
Khufu
Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza · Egyptian · big dogs
Menes
The legendary first king to unite Egypt, his name means he who endures · Ancient Egyptian
Meniupu
Means he is a shepherd, an ancient Egyptian working dog's name · Ancient Egyptian
Menkaure
The pharaoh who built the third pyramid at Giza · Ancient Egyptian
Montu
Falcon headed Egyptian god of war, meaning nomad · Egyptian
Nakht
An ancient Egyptian name meaning strong, from a famous painted tomb · Ancient Egyptian
Narmer
Early ruler seen as the first pharaoh, his name means fierce catfish · Egyptian
Nefertem
The ancient Egyptian god of the lotus flower and perfume · Ancient Egyptian
Obelisk
Tall four sided stone pillar of Egyptian temples · Egyptian · big dogs
Pepi
A pharaoh of Egypt whose reign was one of the longest in history · Ancient Egyptian · small dogs
Psamtik
A pharaoh who restored the might of Egypt in the seventh century BC · Ancient Egyptian
Ptah
Egyptian god of creation and craft, whose name means opener · Egyptian
Punt
A rich land of incense that ancient Egyptians sailed to trade with · Ancient Egyptian
Ra
Egyptian sun god, from the word for sun or day · Egyptian
Rahotep
An Egyptian prince famed for his lifelike painted statue · Ancient Egyptian
Seneb
Means healthy, the name of a real dog in ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Senusret
A great Middle Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Set
Egyptian god of the desert and storms · Egyptian
Shu
The ancient Egyptian god of air and light · Ancient Egyptian
Sinuhe
The hero of a classic ancient Egyptian adventure story · Ancient Egyptian
Sneferu
Pyramid building pharaoh, meaning he has made me beautiful · Egyptian
Teti
An Old Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Thebes
The great ancient capital of Upper Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Thutmose
Pharaoh name meaning born of Thoth · Egyptian
Tut
Short for Tutankhamun, the boy king · Egyptian · small dogs
Tutankhamun
The boy pharaoh, his name means living image of Amun · Egyptian
Unas
The last pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, whose pyramid holds the oldest Pyramid Texts · Ancient Egyptian

Names for either (21)

Abydos
One of the oldest sacred cities of ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Ankh
The Egyptian symbol of life · Egyptian
Aswan
A city on the Nile famous for its granite and dam · Ancient Egyptian
Cartouche
The oval frame around a royal name in hieroglyphs · Ancient Egyptian
Djed
The pillar symbol of stability in ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Edfu
A town on the Nile with one of the best kept Egyptian temples · Ancient Egyptian
Faiyum
A lush oasis region of Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Giza
Home of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx · Egyptian
Hebeny
Means ebony, a real ancient Egyptian dog name for a dark dog · Ancient Egyptian
Iwiw
The ancient Egyptian word for dog, imitating the sound of a bark · Ancient Egyptian
Medjed
A mysterious, ghost-like figure from the ancient Book of the Dead · Ancient Egyptian
Mummy
A preserved body wrapped in linen, a fun name for a dog who loves blankets · Ancient Egyptian
Natron
A natural salt used in ancient Egypt to preserve and clean · Ancient Egyptian
Nefer
Means beautiful in ancient Egyptian, a name given to real dogs in Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Nemes
The striped royal headcloth worn by pharaohs · Ancient Egyptian
Scarab
Sacred beetle of Egypt, a symbol of the rising sun · Egyptian
Shabti
A small figurine buried in Egyptian tombs to work in the afterlife · Ancient Egyptian · small dogs
Shen
The ancient Egyptian ring symbol of eternity and protection · Ancient Egyptian
Tanis
An ancient city in the Nile Delta, home of hidden royal tombs · Ancient Egyptian
Tesem
The ancient Egyptian word for a hunting dog with pricked ears and a curled tail · Ancient Egyptian
Uraeus
The rearing cobra worn on the brow of the pharaoh · Ancient Egyptian

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