Entry № 4119 · Egyptian origin

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hat-SHEP-soot /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Foremost of noble women"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "foremost of noble women".

Hatshepsut (𓄂𓏏𓈙𓊪𓋴𓏏) means "foremost of noble women" in ancient Egyptian. Hatshepsut (c. 1507-1458 BCE) was one of the most successful pharaohs of Egypt and one of the very few female pharaohs to rule with full pharaonic authority. Her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari is a masterpiece of Egyptian architecture.

Hatshepsut is rare but iconic.

Foremost of noble women. The female pharaoh.

The name in its native script.

𓄂𓏏𓈙𓊪𓋴𓏏
Transliteration
Hatshepsut
Pronunciation
/ hætˈʃɛp.suːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hatshepsut stands.

Hatshepsut 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.

Hatshepsuts before her.

Real people
Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Female pharaoh of Egypt.
c. 1507 – 1458 BCE
In fiction
Hatshepsut
Common in Egyptian-themed fiction.

Names connected to Hatshepsut.

The number behind Hatshepsut.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hatshepsut reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.