Entry № 961 · Egyptian origin

Asenath Asenath — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AS-eh-nath /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Belonging to Neith"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "belonging to neith".

Asenath (אָסְנַת) is an Egyptian name meaning "belonging to Neith" (the Egyptian goddess of war and weaving). In the Book of Genesis, Asenath was the Egyptian wife of Joseph and mother of Ephraim and Manasseh.

Asenath is widely used in religious Jewish and Christian families.

Belonging to Neith. Joseph's Egyptian wife.

The name in its native script.

אָסְנַת
Transliteration
ʾĀsənaṯ
Pronunciation
/ ˈæs.ə.næθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Asenath stands.

Asenath 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.

Asenaths before her.

Real people
Asenath
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Asenath
Joseph's wife in Genesis.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Asenath.

The number behind Asenath.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Asenath reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.