Entry № 11430 · Egyptian origin

Wadjet Wadjet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WAH-jet /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"Cobra goddess (protector of Lower Egypt)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "cobra goddess (protector of lower egypt)".

Wadjet (𓆗) is the ancient Egyptian cobra goddess — patron and protector of Lower Egypt. Her name means "green one" (papyrus).

The Egyptian cobra goddess. Protector of Lower Egypt.

The name in its native script.

𓂀𓂀
Transliteration
Wꜣḏyt
Pronunciation
/ ˈwɑː.dʒɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wadjet stands.

Wadjet 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.

Wadjets before her.

Real people
Wadjet
Egyptian goddess.
In fiction
Wadjet
Egyptian cobra goddess.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Wadjet.

The number behind Wadjet.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wadjet reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.