Phoenician Submitted Names

These names were used in ancient Phoenicia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, as well as in the Carthaginian Empire.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abdemon m Phoenician
Of unknown origin, name borne by a king of Cyprus (fl. 5th century BCE).
Abdi-milkutti 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕 m Phoenician
Possibly deriving in part from the Phoenician element 𐤌𐤋𐤊 milk ("king"). Name borne by a King of Sidon who rebelled against Assyrian rule.
Abimilki m Phoenician
Means "my father is king", deriving in part from the Phoenician element 𐤌𐤋𐤊 milk ("king"). Name borne by a prince of Tyre known from his correspondance with Akenhaten, recorded in the Amarna letters.
Adherbal m Punic (Latinized), Phoenician (Latinized)
Name of a Numidian prince meaning "Baal is great".
Aleyin m Near Eastern Mythology, Phoenician
A Phoenician god of springs and vegetation.
Amoashtart 𐤀𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 f Phoenician (Latinized)
Means "Astarte is my mother". Name borne by a queen of Sidon.
'Arišut-ba'l 𐤀𐤓𐤔𐤕𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ f Phoenician (Rare)
Means "desired object of Baal" in Phoenician. Name borne by a sacred prostitute of Astarte.
Carthalo 𐤒𐤓‬𐤕‬𐤇‬𐤋‬𐤑 m Phoenician
Carthalo was an officer in Hannibal's army during the Second Punic War.
Cucuphas m Phoenician
Phoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes" or "he who likes to joke". Saint Cucuphas is a is a martyr of Spain who lived from roughly 269 A.D. to 304 A.D. ... [more]
Eshmunazar 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 m Phoenician
Meaning "Eshmun helps" (Eshmun was a Phoenician god of healing and the tutelary god of Sidon). Name borne by two kings of Sidon.
Ithobaal m Biblical, Phoenician
It is borne by the father (ithobaal I) of the biblical queen Jezebel and other Phoenician kings mentioned by the historian Josephus and Assyrian sources... [more]
Tabnit 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 m Phoenician
Of uncertain etymology. Name borne by a king of Sidon (fl. 549-539 BCE), known for his elaborate sarcophagus which was unearthed in 1887. A later king of Sidon also bore this name, but is more commonly known by the Hellenized variant Tennes.
Yatonmilk 𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤊‎ m Phoenician
Means "the king gives", deriving from the Phoenician elements 𐤉𐤕𐤍 yaton, ("to give") and 𐤌𐤋𐤊 milk ("king"). Name borne by a king of Sidon.