Neferneferuaten
/ˌnɛfərˌnɛfərˈuːɑːtən/noun
An ancient Egyptian royal name associated with the Amarna-period ruler commonly identified as Neferneferuaten.
Did you know?Neferneferuaten appears in royal inscriptions with feminine and masculine forms, fueling the enduring debate over whether the ruler was Nefertiti, Smenkhkare, or another short-lived monarch.
Etymological Timeline
Middle Egyptian, 14th century BCE
Egyptian
nfr
“Good, beautiful, perfect; a foundational Egyptian term expressing ideal beauty or excellence.”
Amarna Period, c. 1353–1336 BCE
Egyptian
nfr-nfrw
“The beauties, or the beautiful things; a plural form built from nfr.”
Amarna Period, c. 1353–1336 BCE
Egyptian
Jtn
“Aten, the visible solar disk worshipped as the supreme divine power under Akhenaten.”
Late 18th Dynasty, c. 1338–1334 BCE
Egyptian
Nfr-nfrw-Jtn
“Beautiful are the beauties of Aten; a royal name recorded in the Amarna succession.”
Modern Egyptology, 19th–20th centuries
Egyptology
Neferneferuaten
“A conventional scholarly transliteration of the hieroglyphic royal name.”
Modern English
English
Neferneferuaten
“The name of a disputed Amarna-period ruler, often connected with Nefertiti or Smenkhkare.”