Ramses
/ˈræm.siːz/noun
The name of several ancient Egyptian pharaohs, especially the rulers of the 19th Dynasty.
Did you know?The royal name element -mses/-mose in Egyptian names literally means “born of,” so Ramses is a theophoric name declaring descent from the sun god Ra.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian
Ra-ms-sw
““Ra is the one who bore him” or “Born of Ra,” a royal theophoric name element”
Late Egyptian
Egyptian
Rꜥ-ms-sw
“A pharaonic name form used by kings of the New Kingdom”
Greek
Greek
Ραμεσσής
“Greek rendering of the Egyptian royal name”
Latin
Latin
Rameses
“Latinized form of the Greek name”
Modern English
English
Ramses
“The conventional English form of the pharaohs’ name”