Rameses?

[HeyMonkey]

I'm not pregnant, but with all of the bonkers names popping up recently why hasn't Rameses reared it's head?

I've seen a Blade, a Benz and a King pop up recently, but no sign of a Rameses which is clearly far superior. Anyone want to shotgun it?

What about an Odysseus or a Nero xD
...or Imohteb haha
so many choices... ...xD

I agree OP. Why aren't there more babies named Rameses? I have to put that Joseph DVD on again now 😕

Here's some more to choose from

chartcons.com/80-egyptian-names-meanings/

I've always rather like Hatshepsut. A big name for a little girl though :-P

Ozymandias would be more versatile. NN Oz or Ozzy.

The convenient thing about Rameses is that you can use it for your first and second sons.

Ptolemy is macedonian/Greek. Not egyptian. The dynasty that included the ptolemys started with Alexander the Greats friend and General (possibly half brother) who took Egypt after Alexander's death.

I am a huge fan of ancient Egypt and Ramese the 2nd and the new kingdom.

Never occured to me to use the names though. Not sure why, though. I have always loved the name nefertari.

Both my kids have Greek names though.

Isis was on my list. Good job I didn’t use it.

I met one! I live in America though, lots of names here that wouldn’t be used in England. He carried it off there, he was about 20ish, tall, well built. Wouldn’t work on a weedy little kid

@BlueBilledBeatboxingBird I went to school with a boy whose middle name was Ozymandias!

My mum's dog

The actor Rami Malek has Egyptian parents, so I always wondered if Rami was short for Rameses!

Oh Rami Malek is a cutiepie :) i'd be on it like a car bonnet xD

In Glasgow 'on a rami' means something different though.

Colossus!

Just me then?

Haha colossus. 'What am I named after mummy?' 'The size of your head when it came out of me son' xD

It’s such a stupid name. Might as well use Zeus!

Rami (pronounced Remi) is an arabic name in itself. Rameses is Egyptian. Ramesh is Sanskrit (and nothing to do with Lord Raama, and everything to do with the Goddess Rama). These names may look similar in English but are pronounced very differently and have very different root languages.

Have a read of Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody series.

I wouldn't do anything to encourage the fates to wish such a child on me - genius or not.

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