The Ancient Egyptians attributed great power to names. Names were considered a protection as well as representation of the bearer. In creating a new name, the Ancients Egyptians would often base it off the name of an existing god. In this way, the god would be enticed to look after their name sake.
For the purpose of composing your Ancient Name, you can use the "Hieroglyphic Alphabet" below. Note, this is a bit of a "misnomer", as the Ancient Egyptians did not represent vowels in their written language. You can choose to omit them, or you can use the approximations we've provided below. Wherever an approximation is made, the letter has been italicized and marked with an asterisk.
Example:
To translate the name David into Ancient Egyptian, we would drop to the vowels.
The resulting symbols would be dvd
The resulting name would be:
For the purpose of composing your Ancient Name, you can use the "Hieroglyphic Alphabet" below. Note, this is a bit of a "misnomer", as the Ancient Egyptians did not represent vowels in their written language. You can choose to omit them, or you can use the approximations we've provided below. Wherever an approximation is made, the letter has been italicized and marked with an asterisk.
Example:
To translate the name David into Ancient Egyptian, we would drop to the vowels.
The resulting symbols would be dvd
The resulting name would be:
Names in ancient Egyptian are typically written in a symbol known as a "cartouche". The cartouche is represents a knotted rope and surrounds the royal name in an oval like shape. The term "cartouche" is originally french, and dates back to the scholastic work achieved in Egyptology by Jean-François Champollion. Adding this oval around the name, appears as follows:
And there is our completed name!
Write your name in Hieroglyphs, using our chart below!
Write your name in Hieroglyphs, using our chart below!
"The Hieroglyphic Alphabet"
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B
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C
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CH
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D
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E*
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F
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G
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H
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I*
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J
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K
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L
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M
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N
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O*
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
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TJ
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U*
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V
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W
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X
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Y
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Z
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