Given name

Akhenaten

Akhenaten is a masculine given name from Egyptian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Akhenaten comes from Egyptian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Egyptian ꜣḫ-n-jtn (<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ꜣḫ-n-jtn</i>).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Akhenaten’s family of names

In English usage, Akhenaten has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Akenatón. In English usage, Akhenaten has a related form in AKHENATON. In English usage, Akhenaten has a conventional equivalent in the French form Akhénaton.

Walk Akhenaten’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Akhenaten has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Egyptian roots to each of them.

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Egyptianwhere Akhenaten comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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