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6/9/2023, 2:32 PM Mike C egypt added (from user-submitted name 34853)
9/21/2018, 2:39 AM LMS 34853
4/3/2018, 6:21 PM LMS 34853
8/13/2016, 10:05 PM LMS 34853
8/1/2016, 3:20 AM LMS 34853
5/17/2014, 10:19 PM Ora 34853
4/25/2014, 5:30 AM LMS 34853
4/25/2014, 5:30 AM LMS 34853
2/16/2014, 4:43 AM LMS 34853
6/2/2012, 9:30 PM SeaHorse15 34853 merge 2 names
5/26/2011, 7:38 PM Ryry1996 34853
3/2/2010, 4:35 PM colleen

Gender Feminine & Masculine
Pronounced Pron. EE-jipt

Meaning & History

From the name of the North African country, which derives from Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aigyptos), itself probably from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ meaning "the house of the soul of Ptah", the name of the temple to the god Ptah in Memphis.