Meroitic
names were used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush (modern Sudan).
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Amanikhatashan f MeroiticMay derive from the Egyptian god of the sun
Amun. Name borne by a Kandake of Kush who ruled between 50 CE and 62 CE.
Amanipilade f MeroiticMay derive from name of the Egyptian god
Amun. Name borne by the last reigning Kandake of Kush, who ruled between 308-320 CE.
Amanirenas f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a reigning Kandake of Kush between 40 BCE and 10 BCE, who famously lead Kushite armies in a war against Rome from 27 BCE to 22 BCE. It is likely she was a ruling queen, as her full title was "Amnirense qore li kdwe li" ("Ameniras, qore and kandake")
Amanishakheto f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a Kandake of Kush who ruled between 10 BCE and 1 CE. In Meroitic hieroglyphs her name is written "Amanikasheto" (Mniskhte or (Am)niskhete).
Amanitaraqide f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Possibly means "begotten of
Amun", deriving from the Meroitic element
terike ("to beget") and
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Kashta m MeroiticThis name means possibly "the Kushite." It was the name of the Kushite King Kashta (fl. 8th century BCE) of the Kingdom of Kush who egyptianized Nubia and started the Kushite takeover of Upper Egypt.
Mernua f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a Kandake of Kush (fl. 600 BCE), known solely from her burial at Meroe.
Nasalsa f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a Nubian queen who lived during the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
Nawidemak f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a ruling Kandake of Kush, who is known from a wall relief in her burial chamber at Meroe, which shows her wearing the royal coat, sash and tasselled cord; elements more commonly associated with male rulers of Kush.
Netha m & f Indian, Meroitic, HindiIt dates back to 1500 bc through the Telugu peoples to Sanskrit to Kushite 25th Dynasty
Piankher f MeroiticMay derive from Ancient Egyptian element
ankh, meaning "life, truth". Name borne by a Nubian queen who lived in the 6th century BCE.
Shanakdakhete f MeroiticMeaning uncertain. Name borne by a Nubian queen of Kush, who ruled from 170 to 150 BCE. She is the earliest known female ruler of Kush, and is said to have ruled without a king.
Tabekenamun f MeroiticPossibly derives from the Egyptian name
Beketamun, which means "The Handmaid of Amun". Name borne by a Nubian queen who lived during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
Tyesi f MeroiticFrom the Egyptian Demotic
tꜥ-ꜣs.t meaning "She of Isis".