Entry № 7343 · Egyptian origin

Neith Neith — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAYTH /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Egyptian creator mother goddess"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "egyptian creator mother goddess".

Neith (𓈒𓈒𓏏𓆇𓁦) is one of the oldest ancient Egyptian deities — the goddess of creation, weaving, and war. Predynastic in origin; her cult center was Sais in the Delta. Depicted with the bow and shield of a warrior.

She was the patron of the 26th Dynasty when Sais was Egypt's capital.

Egyptian creator and warrior goddess.

The name in its native script.

𓈒𓈒𓏏
Transliteration
Nit
Pronunciation
/ neɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Neith stands.

Neith 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.

Neiths before her.

Real people
Neith
Egyptian goddess.
In fiction
Neith
Egyptian creator goddess.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Neith.

The number behind Neith.

2

The Peacemaker

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