{"id":840,"date":"2010-08-13T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=840"},"modified":"2010-07-30T17:43:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T21:43:19","slug":"beyond-fred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/beyond-fred\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond &#8216;Fred&#8217;: Ancient Egyptian Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancient-egypt-relief.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-901\" title=\"ancient egyptian relief\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancient-egypt-relief.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>Sometimes the hardest part of building a character is\u00a0 coming up with a  good name. You can always take a name from Tolkien or other fantasy  novels, but you\u2019ve seen those names over and over and you want something  a little different, but not way out there. How about an historical  name? Or one from a different culture? So far in this series, we&#8217;ve covered Roman, Russian, Italian, and Anglo-Saxon names. If none of these suit you, how  about an Ancient Egyptian one?<\/p>\n<p>Ancient Egyptian Name Structure<\/p>\n<p>Names in ancient Egypt seen to have been chosen with great care for their meaning. Many contained the name of a god, as well as common words or phrases and could be used by either men or women. In some cases, as needed for identification, a person might be known by two names: one as their formal name and another, which was what they were called most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>As with all posts in this series, the list here isn&#8217;t intended to be historically accurate. It&#8217;s merely providing suggestions for use with role-playing games. If historical accuracy is important, you&#8217;ll want to check your name against reliable historical records.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/isawnyu\/4565512421\/\">Photo courtesy of Flickr, \u00a9isawnyu 2010<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Male Names<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abi<\/li>\n<li>Ahmose<\/li>\n<li>Amenemhet<\/li>\n<li>Ahmose<\/li>\n<li>Bes<\/li>\n<li>Den<\/li>\n<li>Djet<\/li>\n<li>Hekanakht<\/li>\n<li>Heru<\/li>\n<li>Horemheb<\/li>\n<li>Kamose<\/li>\n<li>Menes<\/li>\n<li>Metesouphis<\/li>\n<li>Nebnefer<\/li>\n<li>Neferirkare<\/li>\n<li>Padiu<\/li>\n<li>Pakamen<\/li>\n<li>Pakapu<\/li>\n<li>Panhsj<\/li>\n<li>Seti<\/li>\n<li>Siptah<\/li>\n<li>Ti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Female Names<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Achotep<\/li>\n<li>Ahori<\/li>\n<li>Amenirdis<\/li>\n<li>Beset<\/li>\n<li>Cena<\/li>\n<li>Henut<\/li>\n<li>Hetepet<\/li>\n<li>Iutenheb<\/li>\n<li>Khentkaus<\/li>\n<li>Meritnit<\/li>\n<li>Mutemwia<\/li>\n<li>Mutnodjmet<\/li>\n<li>Naunakht<\/li>\n<li>Nefertari<\/li>\n<li>Nitocris<\/li>\n<li>Nithotep<\/li>\n<li>Peseshet<\/li>\n<li>Rennefer<\/li>\n<li>Sacmis<\/li>\n<li>Sekhet<\/li>\n<li>Senen<\/li>\n<li>Sobkneferu<\/li>\n<li>Taiemniut<\/li>\n<li>Tawaret<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touregypt.net\/featurestories\/names.htm\">Ancient Egyptian Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com\/category-ancient-egyptian-names.html\">Ancient Egyptian Names<\/a> (Parents Connect site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philae.nu\/akhet\/Queens.html\">Ancient Egyptian Queens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthename.com\/nmc\/egy-anci.php\">Behind the Name: Ancient Egyptian Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touregypt.net\/featurestories\/mothers.htm\">Childbirth and Children in Ancient Egypt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenshistory.about.com\/od\/ancientqueens\/tp\/women_pharaohs.htm\">Female Pharoah, The &#8211; Women Who Ruled Ancient Egypt as Pharoahs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reshafim.org.il\/ad\/egypt\/glossary.htm\">Glossary of ancient Egyptian terms and names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philae.nu\/akhet\/Naunakht.html\">Some Everyday Women in Ancient Egypt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalinks.com\/egyptianwomen.html\">Women in Ancient Egypt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Beyond Fred Posts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/05\/beyond-fred-roman-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond &#8216;Fred&#8217;: Roman Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/12\/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Italian Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/beyond-fred-russian-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Russian Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/beyond-fred-anglo-saxon-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Anglo-Saxon Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the hardest part of building a character is\u00a0 coming up with a good name. You can always take a name from Tolkien or other fantasy novels, but you\u2019ve seen those names over and over and you want something a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/beyond-fred\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,53],"tags":[105,66,17,104,65],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-characters","category-gming","tag-ancient-egypt","tag-beyond-fred","tag-character-creation","tag-egyptian","tag-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}