At a Glance: Name: Nuit – Meaning: night – Origin: French; also a stylized spelling of the Egyptian goddess Nut – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: NWEE
Nuit is a French; also a stylized spelling of the Egyptian goddess Nut girl's name meaning “night”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Nuit
Meaning: Night.
Origin: French; also a stylized spelling of the Egyptian goddess Nut.
A common claim: Used interchangeably for the Egyptian goddess Nut, as though 'night' were her name's original meaning too. Actually: Nut's Egyptian name doesn't literally mean 'night' — she's linked to the night sky in her mythology, but 'Nuit' as 'night' is a French-language coincidence layered on later.
How to Pronounce Nuit
Phonetic: NWEE IPA: /nwiː/
Popularity of Nuit
Nuit 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.
Lists That Include Nuit
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