Entry № 6139 · Egyptian origin

Maat Maat — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-aht /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Truth, justice, cosmic order"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "truth, justice, cosmic order".

Maat (𓆄𓂝𓏏) is the ancient Egyptian goddess and concept of truth, justice, and cosmic order. After death, the heart of the deceased was weighed against Maat's feather to determine worthiness for the afterlife.

Maat is rare but distinctive as a given name.

Truth, justice, cosmic order — a Egyptian name.

The name in its native script.

𓆄𓂝𓏏
Transliteration
Maʿat
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.æt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maat stands.

Maat 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.

Maats before her.

Real people
Maat
Egyptian goddess.
In fiction
Maat
Egyptian goddess of truth.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Maat.

The number behind Maat.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maat reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.