Entry № 757 · Egyptian origin

Anuket Anuket — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-noo-ket /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Egyptian goddess of the Nile cataracts"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "egyptian goddess of the nile cataracts".

Anuket (𓇋𓏌𓏏𓆗) is the ancient Egyptian goddess of the Nile, particularly the Aswan cataracts — depicted with a tall feathered headdress and accompanied by gazelles. Her cult center was on Elephantine Island.

Rare but iconic in Egyptophilia.

Egyptian goddess of the Nile cataracts.

The name in its native script.

𓇋𓏌𓏏
Transliteration
Anqet
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.nuː.kɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anuket stands.

Anuket does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Anukets before her.

Real people
Anuket
Egyptian goddess.
In fiction
Anuket
Egyptian goddess of Nile cataracts.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Anuket.

The number behind Anuket.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anuket reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.