Entry № 9843 · Egyptian origin

Sobekneferu Sobekneferu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOH-bek-neh-feh-roo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Beauty of Sobek (female pharaoh)"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "beauty of sobek (female pharaoh)".

Predated Hatshepsut by several centuries.

The first confirmed female pharaoh of Egypt.

The name in its native script.

𓆋𓋴𓆑𓈖𓆑𓂋
Transliteration
Sbk-nfrw
Pronunciation
/ ˌsoʊ.bɛk.nəˈfɛr.uː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sobekneferu stands.

Sobekneferu 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.

Sobekneferus before her.

Real people
Pharaoh Sobekneferu
First confirmed female pharaoh of Egypt.
c. 1806 – 1802 BCE
In fiction
Sobekneferu
Common in Egyptian historical fiction.

Names connected to Sobekneferu.

The number behind Sobekneferu.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sobekneferu reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.