Entry № 4118 · Egyptian origin

Hathor Hathor — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HATH-or /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"House of Horus"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "house of horus".

Hathor (𓉡 Ḥwt-Ḥr) is the ancient Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, motherhood, and joy. Her name means "house of Horus" — she was the mother (and sometimes consort) of Horus, the sky god.

Hathor is rare as a given name in the modern English-speaking world, but rising among parents drawn to ancient Egyptian mythology.

House of Horus — a Egyptian name.

The name in its native script.

Hathor
Transliteration
Hathor
Pronunciation
/ ˈhæθ.ɔːr /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Hathor stands.

Hathor does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hathors before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Hathor
Egyptian goddess of love and music.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Hathor.

The number behind Hathor.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hathor reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.