Given name & surname

Neith

Neith is a feminine given name from Egyptian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.

How it developed

From Egyptian nt (<hiero>n:t-R25</hiero>).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

In mythological stories, Neith is associated with the goddess of war and hunting.

Neith’s family of names

Neith has a related form in Neita. Neith has a related form in Neit. Neith has a related form in Neitea.

Walk Neith’s family in the name graph

NeithNeitaNeitNeithaNeitheNeitiaNeythaNeytheNeiteaNeyth

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 9

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

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People named Neith

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Neith, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Egyptian · Mythological

Nut

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Egyptian · Mythological

Mut

Mut is a surname. It is used in Turkish and Romanian.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

African · Mythological

Moja

“one who is content with life”

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Mythological

Nekbet

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Nechbet

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Nekhebit

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Neptoon

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Nyke

“one who brings victory”

No U.S. birth series

64% boys · 36% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Neith’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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