42%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Egyptian Pronounced Pron. ah-mə-NEHM-hat(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From Egyptian jmn-m-ḥꜣt meaning "Amon is foremost" [1]. This was the name of four Egyptian pharaohs, including Amenemhat I the founder of the 12th dynasty in the 20th century BC. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantAmenemhet Categories greatness, pharaohs, theophoric names Sources & References Ranke, Hermann. Die Ägyptischen Personennamen. J. J. Augustin, 1935, page 28.
