Egypt Forename

326,442nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Egypt Forename Definition:

E'-jipt, that binds or straitens, that troubles or oppresses. A country called in the Hebrew Scriptures, Mizraim. It is situated between the twenty-fourth and thirty-third degrees of north latitude, and between the twenty-ninth and thirty-fourth of east longitude, being six hundred miles long, and three hundred broad.

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Egypt Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe
95%
 
2551:60,4864,985
United States
 
93%
2101:1,726,36730,198
Nigeria
62%
 
701:2,536,63446,959
Philippines
67%
 
561:1,893,02642,793
India
86%
 
151:80,991,8651,179,577
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
South Africa
80%
 
71:7,790,378138,656
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Russia-41:36,058,42683,389
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
England-11:55,602,921189,715
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Canada
100%
11:33,133,372113,810
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892

Egypt (266) may also be a surname.

Egypt Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

E'-jipt, that binds or straitens, that troubles or oppresses. A country called in the Hebrew Scriptures, Mizraim. It is situated between the twenty-fourth and thirty-third degrees of north latitude, and between the twenty-ninth and thirty-fourth of east longitude, being six hundred miles long, and three hundred broad. It is bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea, and on the west by Libya. Exod. iii. 20.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: double straits.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Egypt Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egypte9112/
Edgypt912/
Egypth912/
Egypht912/
Iegypt911/
Egyp8939/
Egipt806/
Ygypt804/
Egept802/
Egyph801/
Egyvt801/
Igypt801/
Eggyp801/
Egipte732/
Egip67116/
Egep679/
Igyp671/
Ygyp671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Egypt