Osirian Naming

How I name Osiriani people

Below is my main resource for naming Osirians. Some Osirion cultures (Like the Amurrun, or Abn Awaa for example) have their own naming pattern that I've given them separately in order to differentiate them a bit, whereas others like the Alsaqru I just look for particular feels and sounds within the Egyptian naming scheme to use to give them a common feel.
Amurrun: Khajit Names, filtered to weather or not they sound Egyptian. Abn Awaa: 4 syllabels with a level of rhyming within them (e.g. Na-Bet-Het-Pet, Ka-Vek-la-Zek, Na-Fet-Ha-Set)  

Ancient Egyptian naming

Source: Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names
I also use this name generator sometimes.   The civilisation of the Ancient Egyptians endured for over three millennia. They were cheerful and sophisticated, but practical and conservative, so their names and customs changed little over that time. Their civilisation still flourished under the Greek Ptolemaic pharaohs, changed religion under Byzantine rule, then ended with the Arab conquest of the 7th century. The names here are mostly from Egyptians before Alexander’s time.   The Egyptians had personal names, but often had or were given bynames (Sinuhe the Poet, Ta-kha’et the Minx). Names were vocabulary items and phrases (Chief of the Mercenaries, My Mistress is as Gold, Another One!). Often (4 in 6) they were theophoric, although only a few Egyptian deities were referred to, and deital names could be vocabulary items as well (Mut, mother; Ptah, architect; Maat, truth). There were short versions for everyday use (Khufu for Khnum-khuefu-i, Hat-shepsut for Hat-shepset-khnem-Amun). The names and shorter titles of Pharaohs were not exceptional, and names were also based on them out of respect or gratitude (Men-kheper-re-sonb after the Pharaoh Men-kheper-re, for instance). Many names could be used for either sex (like Nefer-hotep), but women’s names tended to refer more to goddesses and beauty, and men’s more to gods and strength.  

Pronunciation

The Egyptians didn’t write down vowels, so their language’s sound is based on Greek transliterations and fragments of Coptic. Variants and diverging spellings have arisen; sources differ over if it was Sobk-hotpe or Sobek-hotep, Ah-mose or Aah-mes, Zoser or Djoser, nakht or nekht, and so on. Make suitable changes to syllables and deity names if you want to use, say, Rameses and Rahotpe rather than Re-mose and Rehotep, whether to suit personal taste or to simulate dialects. Hyphenations and apostrophes show syllable breaks. You say all the letters, even the final e’s; double vowels are prolonged, different adjacent vowels are pronounced separately. The /i/ or / iy/ is a long /ee/ sound. The /a/, /e/, /o/, and /u/ are short, as in ‘gnat’, ‘net’, ‘not’, and ‘nut’ respectively. The /kh/ is a throaty /k/, somewhat harder than the /ch/ in ‘loch’. The /r/ is soft, not rolled, and /q/ is like /k/.  

Stand-alone Names

Some names or partial names of deities appear. Nicknames, abbreviations, and a few variants are included. Perhaps 1 in 20 of the upper classes might have a compound name such as Nefertari Aah-mose - to create one, just combine a name here with a simple theophoric name. A few (1 in 20) compound names might be even longer: one high priest’s daughter was called Mer-Mut Kero-mame Sit-Amun Mut-em-hat!  

Male

Common: Hapu, Ka-mose, Kha-mus, Mer-y, Nahi, Pepi, Se-nefer, Uoser   Standard: A-ne-djib, A-pehuti-nub, Aa, Aa-ib, Aba, Abana-baba, Ai, Amotu, An, Ankh-ha-f, Ankh-psamthek, Antef, Anu, Apepi, Ariem-a, Ashor, Assa, Ata, Ati, Au-f-ni, Au-puth, Ay, Aya, Ba-en-nefer, Be-nipu, Bek, Beka-kamen, Den, Djer, Djet, Djoser, Djoser-ti, Haankh-f, Hannu, Hapi, Hapu, Hi, Hia, Hori, Hotep-sekhem-wy, Hui, Huni, Ia-ib, Ib-aa, Iby, Im-hotep, Ini, Ipuy, Iri, Iuput, Ka’a, Ka-kau, Ka-kem, Ka-men, Ka-mose, Ka-nefer, Kebhu, Kedenden, Ken-ken-es, Kha, Kha-ba, Kha-m-thir, Kha-mus, Kha-sekhem-wy, Khai, Khamat, Khem-mose, Khen-djer, Kheper, Khereu-f, Khu-tawy, Khua, Khufu, Ki, Mai, Mar-ti-sen, Men, Menkhtu, Menna, Mer-mesha, Mer-y, Meri, Meri-atmu, Meri-mose, Mermer, Mes-sui, Na-ro-math, Nahi, Nakht, Nakht-neb-ef, Nakht-neb-tep-nefer, Nanai, Narmer, Ne-kau, Ne-kau-ba, Neb-aiu, Neb-ankh, Neb-iri-au, Neb-ka, Neb-khau, Neb-su, Nefer-hotep, Nefer-khau, Nefer-mennu, Neteren, Nub, Nub-em-ua, Pa-ari, Pa-aru-sun, Pa-as, Pa-besat, Pa-hir, Pa-if-ruwy, Pa-keti, Pa-lo-ka, Pa-mu, Pa-nauk, Pa-uer, Pe-henu-ka, Peuero, Pen-rennu, Pen-ta-ur, Pen-tuauu, Pepi, Pepi-nakht, Per-hor, Pi-ankh, Pi-may, Pi-nu-djem, Pra-em-heb, Pra-her-unam-ef, Psammetik, Putha, Sa, Sa-nakht, Sa-nakhte, Sankh-tawy, Se-hetep-tawy, Se-neb-miu, Se-nefer, Seher-tawy, Sekhem-ib, Sekhem-khet, Semerkhet, Sen-mesu, Sen-ta, Sen-user-et, Seti, Shepses-ka-f, Shepses-khet, Shoshenq, Si-user-nenen-heb, Sinuhe, Sipar, Sne-feru, Suanar, Ta’o, Taa, Tai-nakht-tha, Takeloth, Takhat, Tcha-heb, Tcha-n-hebu, Tchef-aa-hep, Tchef-ib, Tef-nakht, Teta, Tetu, Thi, Tupu, Uadjtawy, Uah-ankh, Uba-oner, Ueni, Una, Unas, Unen-nefer, Uoser, Uotmose, Usati, User-ka-f, User-khor, Utu  

Female

Common: Beket, Hen-he-net, Meryet, Nebet, Nefert-ari, Nofret, Senbet, Ta-kha’et   Standard: ‘Anch’ere, A-tu, Aaht-ahu, Aat, Abar, Ama, Ankh-nes-pepi, Anqet-tat-t, Apu, Asenath, Bakht-uer-nel, Beket, Ber-ner-ib, Bet, Bu-nefer, Ha-nefer, Hap-shep-sut, Hat-shepset, Hat-shepu, Hemu, Hen-he-net, Hent, Hent-er-neheh, Hent-mi-heb, Hent-ta-mehu, Henut-sen, Henut-tawy, Hun, Iput, Iset, Iuput, Ka-pes, Ka-ramat, Ka-uit, Kam, Kama, Karos, Kero-mame, Kha-mer-em-ebty, Khentkau-es, Kiya, Mehet-en-usekh, Mehtem-wes-khet, Mer-es-ankh, Mereret, Meri-s-ankh, Meri-tat-es, Meris, Meryet, Mut-emwa, Nebant, Neb-atef, Neb-et-tawy, Neb-pu, Nebet, Nebet-em-nub, Nebt-tawy, Nefer-hotep, Nefer-thi, Nefert, Nefert-ari, Nefert-iri, Neferu, Nefret-iti, Nefru, Nekebet, Nemathap, Nena, Netches-ankh, Niyt-aqert, Nodjme, Nodjmet, Nofret, Nub-em-heb, Nub-em-khu, Nubkhas, Nub-khe-sed, Ri-n-an, Ro-ant, Satati, Senbet, Seneb-ib, Seneb-sen, Ta-biry, Ta-her, Ta-kha’et, Ta-sheri, Ta-uosret, Tak-her-edeneset, Tat-ti-tes, Tem, Tent-opet, Tentheta, Tentsai, Teti-sherit, Ti’a, Tiye, Tua-nefert, Tuya, Udjeb-ten, Ueret-im-tes, Uiay, Usekh-mehi Common: Beket, Hen-he-net, Meryet, Nebet, Nefert-ari, Nofret, Senbet, Ta-kha’et Standard: ‘Anch’ere, A-tu, Aaht-ahu, Aat, Abar, Ama, Ankh-nes-pepi, Anqet-tat-t, Apu, Asenath, Bakht-uer-nel, Beket, Ber-ner-ib, Bet, Bu-nefer, Ha-nefer, Hap-shep-sut, Hat-shepset, Hat-shepu, Hemu, Hen-he-net, Hent, Hent-er-neheh, Hent-mi-heb, Hent-ta-mehu, Henut-sen, Henut-tawy, Hun, Iput, Iset, Iuput, Ka-pes, Ka-ramat, Ka-uit, Kam, Kama, Karos, Kero-mame, Kha-mer-em-ebty, Khentkau-es, Kiya, Mehet-en-usekh, Mehtem-wes-khet, Mer-es-ankh, Mereret, Meri-s-ankh, Meri-tat-es, Meris, Meryet, Mut-emwa, Nebant, Neb-atef, Neb-et-tawy, Neb-pu, Nebet, Nebet-em-nub, Nebt-tawy, Nefer-hotep, Nefer-thi, Nefert, Nefert-ari, Nefert-iri, Neferu, Nefret-iti, Nefru, Nekebet, Nemathap, Nena, Netches-ankh, Niyt-aqert, Nodjme, Nodjmet, Nofret, Nub-em-heb, Nub-em-khu, Nubkhas, Nub-khe-sed, Ri-n-an, Ro-ant, Satati, Senbet, Seneb-ib, Seneb-sen, Ta-biry, Ta-her, Ta-kha’et, Ta-sheri, Ta-uosret, Tak-her-edeneset, Tat-ti-tes, Tem, Tent-opet, Tentheta, Tentsai, Teti-sherit, Ti’a, Tiye, Tua-nefert, Tuya, Udjeb-ten, Ueret-im-tes, Uiay, Usekh-mehi  

Theophoric Names

The familiar Greek names of Egyptian deities (Anubis, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Neith, Nephthys, Ra, Thoth) are not necessarily the ones used in names (Anpu, Het-heru, Heru, Aset, Niyt, Nebt-het, Re, Tehuti). Re and Amun were the most popular. Generic terms for god or gods (Netjer, Netjeru) were also used. As well as or instead of deities, terms were used like soul, life, truth, heart, strength, or beauty (ka, ankh, maat, ib, nakht, nefer), for instance, in Shepses-ka-re, Noble is the soul of Re. Form a name from two elements. Roll d4: (1-3) prefix + deity, (4) deity + suffix. Example names: Mery + Re = Mery-re (Beloved of Re), Amen + hotep = Amenhotep (Amun is Pleased Merynetjeru, Beloved of the Gods. A name might (1 in 30) contain the names of two gods: if so, add the other in anywhere, as in NakhtSebek-Set, Nut-ka-Re, or Re-Sebek-hotep.   Some elements are confined to one sex: Si- (son of) is male-only; Sit- (daughter of), and -irdis, -nefert, -nodjmet, and -nofret are female-only. The element ‘et’ was also usually feminine, especially as an ending.  

Prefix

Common: Maat-ka-, Mer-en-, Meri-, Meryet-, Nefer-ka-, Sankh-ib-, Setep-en-, Si-/Sit   Simple: An-, Ba-, Bek-, Djed-, Her-, Iri-, Ka-, Khaf-, Kheper-, Khu-, Mer-, Meri-, Merit-, Mery-, Meryet-, Meryt-, Mi-, Nakhtu-, Neb-, Nefer-, Neferu-, Neha-, Netchem-, Pa-, Pai-, Pedu-, Pepi-, Sahu-, Sekhem-, Se-, Sen-, Shepses-, Si-/Sit-, Ta-, Ur-, User   Compound: A-ka-ne-, A-kheper-, A-kheper-en-, A-kheper-ka-, A-kheperu-, Akh-en-, Akh-heb-, Akhen-en-, Ankh-es-en-, Ankh-es-enpa-, Ankh-es-meri-, Ankh-ka-, Ankh-ka-en-, Ankh-kheperu-, Ankh-nes-mery-, Au-ib-, Autu-ib-, Ba-ka-, Ba-nen-, Bau-f-, Bek-en-, Beket-, Djed-ef-, Djed-ka-, Djed-nefer-, Djeser-ka-, Djeser-kheperu-, Hen-uten-, Hen-utmi-, Her-i-, Her-ib-, Hotep-her-, Hotep-hi-, Hotepib-, Ka-ankh-, Ka-meri-, Kha-ankh-, Kha-em-, Kha-hotep-, Kha-ka-, Kha-kau-, Kha-kheper-, Kha-kheru-, Kha-nefer-, Kheb-neferu-, Kheper-ka-, Kheper-kheperu-, Kheper-maat-, Khnem-ib-, Khu-en-, Maat-ib-, Maat-ka-, Maat-kheru-, Maat-men-, Maat-neb-, Menkau-, Men-kheper-, Men-kheper-en-, Men-kheperu-, Men-maat-, Men-ne-, Men-pehti-, Mer-en-, Mer-hetep-, Mer-hotep-, Mer-kau-, Mer-ne-, Mer-nefer-, Mer-sekhem-, Mer-tefa-, Mer-user-, Mery-en-, Mery-ib-, Mery-kau-, Neb-ef-autu-, Neb-hetep-, Neb-ka-, Nebkau-, Neb-kheper-, Neb-khepesh-, Neb-kher-, Neb-maat-, Neb-pehtet-, Neb-pehti-, Neb-sen-, Neb-tefa-, Nefer-f-, Nefer-ib-, Nefer-ka-, Nefer-kau-, Nefer-kheperu-, Neferir-ka-, Nefert-em-khu-, Netchem-ib-, Ni-ankh-, Ni-kha-ni-maat-, Ni-maat-, Ni-user-, Nub-kau-, Nubkheper-, Nub-maat-, Pa-e-, Pa-nefemtu-, Pa-ur-, Pef-tot-, Pi-ankh-, Puti-pe-, Rekh-mi-, Sankh-ib-, Sankh-ka-, Sankh-nefer-, Se-heb-, Sehetep-ib-, Se-hetep-ib-en-, Se-hotep-ib-, Se-hotep-ka-, Se-kha-en-, Se-kheper-en-, Se-men-, Se-nakht-en-, Se-nefer-, Se-tut-, Se-useren-, Sekhem-, Sekhem-ka-, Seqen-en-, Ser-ka-, Ser-kheperu-, Setep-en-, Seti-em-pa-, Shepses-ka-, Sotep-en-, Sut-en-, Swadj-, Swadjka-, Swah-en-, Tach-nem-, Tas-hed-, Tat-f-, Tat-ka-, Tat-kher-, Tat-kheru-, Ten-t-, Tut-ankh-, U-tcha-, Ua-hem-ib-, Ua-ib-, Ua-ka-, Uaro-, User-en-, User-ka-, User-maat  

Deity

Common: Aah, Amun, Heru, Het-heru, Mentu, Mut, Ptah, Re   God: Aah, Aapep, Amun (Amen, Amon), Anpu, Bes, Hapi, Heru (Hor), Khensu, Kheper, Khonsu, Khnum, Mentu, Min, Nefer-Temu, Ptah, Re, Re-Amun, Seb, Sebek, Seker, Set (Seth, Sutekh), Shu, Tehuti + Netjer, Netjeru   Goddess: Anuket, Aset (Iset), Bast (Bastet), Het-heru, Maat, Mut, Nekheb, Nebt-het, Niyt, Nut, Sekhmet  

Suffix

Common: -em-hat, -her-khopesh-f, -hotep, -mose, -en-seneb, -nakht, -neferu, -nofret   Simple: -a, -aha, -amu, -hotep, -i, -ia, -irdis, -kha, -khau, -khet, -khu, -mas, -mose, -nakht, -neb, -nefer, -nefert, -neferu, -nodjmet, -nofre, -nofret, -seneb, -shep, -shepses, -sheri, -suten, -tifi, -tuya, -u, -uben, -usha   Compound: -em-an, -em-ant, -em-hat, -em-heb, -em-het, -em-kheb, -em-nesu, -em-opet, -em-sa-f, -em-sau-f, -em-ua, -en-maat, -en-nes, - en-sau-f, -en-seneb, -her-khopesh-f, -her-pa-me-sha, -i-seneb, -khu-nes, -khuefu-i, -per-ib-sen, -rekh-nefer, -se-kheper, -ta-sherit, -tatbaba, -tot-f, -ut-ankh-es  

Pharaoh

The supreme ruler or king was the Pharaoh (a Greek word; from the Egyptian per-ao, great house), and his chief minister was the Vizier (tjaty). Pharaohs had a string of names and titles. One title given in various forms on accession was either Nesu-bity (King of Upper and Lower Egypt) or Neb-tawy (Lord of two lands), followed by the name of the sun god, as in Neb-tawy-re. Occasionally royal epithets could end up very long, as in Iwa-en-pa-netjer-en-ti-nehem-setpen-ptah-iri-mery-re-sekhem-ankh-amun (heir of the god that saves, chosen of Ptah, carrying out the rule of Re, living image of Amun). To create such a name, simply string together a few ordinary theophorics.