Entry № 6778 · Egyptian origin

Merneith Merneith — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MER-nay-ith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Beloved of Neith (1st dynasty regent)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "beloved of neith (1st dynasty regent)".

Merneith (𓌸𓂋𓏏𓈒𓈒𓏏𓆇) combines the Egyptian meri (beloved) and the warrior goddess Neith — "beloved of Neith." Merneith (c. 2950 BCE) may have been the first female pharaoh in human history — she ruled the 1st Dynasty of Egypt as regent for her young son Den.

Her tomb at Abydos is among the largest of the dynasty.

Beloved of Neith. Possibly the first female pharaoh.

The name in its native script.

𓌸𓂋𓏏𓈒𓏏
Transliteration
Mer-Neith
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛr.neɪ.ɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Merneith stands.

Merneith 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.

Merneiths before her.

Real people
Queen Merneith
1st Dynasty Egyptian regent.
c. 2950 BCE
In fiction
Merneith
Common in Egyptian historical fiction.

Names connected to Merneith.

The number behind Merneith.

2

The Peacemaker

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