Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Egyptian Scripts 𓆓𓂧𓁷𓂋(Hieroglyphs) Meaning & History From Egyptian ḏd-ḥr meaning "Horus says", derived from ḏd "to say, to speak" combined with the name of the god Horus. Possibly a shortened form of the name ḏd-ḥr-jw.f-ꜥnḫ meaning "Horus says 'he will live'".