Amenhotep
/ˌɑːmənˈhoʊtɛp/noun
Amenhotep is the name of several pharaohs of Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty and a common scholarly transliteration of an ancient Egyptian personal name.
Did you know?Although Amenhotep resembles the Hebrew liturgical word “amen,” the two are not etymologically related; the Egyptian name invokes Amun, whose name was associated with “the Hidden One.”
Etymological Timeline
Middle Egyptian
Egyptian
jmn-ḥtp
“Amun is satisfied, at peace, or content”
New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BCE
Egyptian
jmn-ḥtp
“A royal personal name invoking the god Amun’s favor”
14th Century BCE
Egyptian
Amenhotep III
“Name of the powerful pharaoh who ruled Egypt during its imperial height”
4th–3rd Century BCE
Greek
Ἀμένωφις (Amenōphis)
“Greek rendering of the Egyptian royal name”
Classical and Late Antiquity
Greek/Latin
Amenophis
“The established Greco-Roman form used for Egyptian kings bearing the name”
Modern English
English
Amenhotep
“Scholarly English transliteration of the ancient Egyptian name”