Entry № 10257 · Egyptian origin

Tahpenes Tahpenes — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-peh-nees /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Egyptian queen (1 Kings 11)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "egyptian queen (1 kings 11)".

Tahpenes (תַּחְפְּנֵיס) was the Egyptian queen whose sister was given in marriage to the Edomite prince Hadad. In 1 Kings 11:19-20, Hadad's son Genubath was raised at the Egyptian court under Tahpenes's care.

Egyptian queen. The protector of Edomite Hadad's son.

The name in its native script.

תַּחְפְּנֵיס
Transliteration
Taḥpənês
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑː.pə.niːz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tahpenes stands.

Tahpenes 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.

Tahpeness before her.

Real people
Tahpenes
Egyptian queen.
In fiction
Tahpenes
1 Kings 11:19-20.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Tahpenes.

The number behind Tahpenes.

7

The Seeker

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