Nefertiti

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Egyptian
Pronounced Pron. nehf-ər-TEE-tee(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Egyptian nfrt-jjtj meaning "the beautiful one has come" [1]. Nefertiti was a powerful Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom (14th century BC), the principal wife of Akhenaton, the pharaoh that briefly imposed a monotheistic religion centered around the sun god Aton.

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classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious   nerdy  

Images

Bust of NefertitiBust of Nefertiti

Categories

beauty, educators, goodness, history, queens, travel, women's history

Sources & References

  1. Ranke, Hermann. Die Ägyptischen Personennamen. J. J. Augustin, 1935, page 201.
Entry updated June 9, 2023