At a Glance
- Meaning
- The palaces
- Origin
- Arabic (place name)
- Pronunciation
- LUK-sor
Luxor is an Arabic (place name) name meaning “the palaces”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Luxor
Meaning: The palaces.
Origin: Arabic (place name).
A common claim: Sometimes filed under 'Egyptian mythology' names, implying an ancient Pharaonic origin Actually: Luxor isn't an ancient Egyptian word — it's Arabic (al-Uqsur, 'the palaces'), applied after the Arab conquest. The ancient Egyptian city here was called Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Luxor
LUK-sorIPA /ˈlʌksɔːr/
Popularity of Luxor
Luxor doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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