Tefnut: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tefnut – Meaning: goddess personifying moisture and rain, one of the first divine pair in the Heliopolitan creation myth – Origin: Egyptian – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: TEF-noot


Tefnut is an Egyptian girl's name meaning “goddess personifying moisture and rain, one of the first divine pair in the Heliopolitan creation myth”. It appears in 4 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tefnut

Meaning: Goddess personifying moisture and rain, one of the first divine pair in the Heliopolitan creation myth.

Origin: Egyptian.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tefnut

Phonetic: TEF-noot   IPA: /ˈtɛfnuːt/

Popularity of Tefnut

Tefnut 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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