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"the house of the soul of Ptah"
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Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Sat Apr 12 2025

Egypt Origin and Meaning

The name Egypt is a boy's name meaning "the house of the soul of Ptah".

We had Egypt listed as a girls-only place-name until singer Alicia Keys and rap producer husband Swizz Beatz used it for their son...and why not? Egypt certainly works as well for a boy as for a girl, similar in sound as it is to Elijah.

The name itself derives from Greek, via ancient Egyptian, and means "the house of the soul of Ptah", Ptah being the Egyptian God of creation and creativity.

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Famous People Named Egypt

  • Egypt Dauode Dean (b. 2010)
    son of American hip,hop recording artist Swizz Beats and American singer Alicia Keys

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