Entry № 9351 · Egyptian origin

Sekhmet Sekhmet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEK-met /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"The mighty one (lion goddess)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "the mighty one (lion goddess)".

Sekhmet (𓋴𓐍𓅓𓏏𓆗) is the ancient Egyptian warrior goddess and goddess of healing — depicted as a lioness or a woman with a lion's head. Her name means "the mighty one," from sekhem (power).

Sekhmet is rare but distinctive as a name.

The mighty one. The Egyptian lion goddess.

The name in its native script.

𓋴𓐍𓅓𓏏𓆗
Transliteration
Sekhmet
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɛk.mɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sekhmet stands.

Sekhmet 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.

Sekhmets before her.

Real people
Sekhmet
Egyptian goddess.
In fiction
Sekhmet
Egyptian lion goddess.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Sekhmet.

The number behind Sekhmet.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sekhmet reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.