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Egyptian cat names

Ancient Egypt revered cats, so it's a fitting place to look for a name. Mau was the ancient Egyptian word for cat, and the Egyptian Mau breed carries it today. Bastet was the goddess of cats and the home, and her fiercer counterpart Sekhmet had the head of a lioness.

There are pharaohs and queens too (Ramses, Nefertiti, Tut) and the great gods of sun, sky and wisdom: Ra, Horus and Thoth.

20 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Girl names 7

  • Bastet

    Egyptian goddess of cats and the home

    Egyptian origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Hathor

    Goddess of love, music and joy

    Egyptian origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Hatshepsut

    The great female pharaoh

    Egyptian origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Maat

    Goddess of truth and cosmic order

    Egyptian origin, female, 1 syllable

  • Nefertiti

    "The beautiful one has come"

    Egyptian origin, female, 4 syllables

  • Nut

    Goddess of the night sky

    Egyptian origin, female, 1 syllable

  • Sekhmet

    Lioness-headed warrior goddess

    Egyptian origin, female, 2 syllables

Boy names 12

  • Amun

    "The hidden one"

    Egyptian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Anubis

    Jackal-headed guardian of the dead

    Egyptian origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Horus

    Falcon-headed god of the sky

    Egyptian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Imhotep

    Architect of the first pyramid

    Egyptian origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Khepri

    Scarab-headed god of the rising sun

    Egyptian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Khufu

    Pharaoh of the Great Pyramid of Giza

    Egyptian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Osiris

    God of the afterlife

    Egyptian origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Ra

    Egyptian god of the sun

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Ramses

    "Ra bore him"; the great pharaoh

    Egyptian origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Set

    God of storms, deserts and chaos

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Thoth

    Ibis-headed god of writing and wisdom

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Tut

    After the boy king Tutankhamun

    Egyptian origin, male, 1 syllable

Unisex names 1

  • Mau

    Ancient Egyptian for "cat"

    Egyptian origin, unisex, 1 syllable

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