Fun Facts About the Name Nefertari
- 575 babies named Nefertari: U.S. records list 575 babies given the name Nefertari from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nefertari Mean?
Nefertari is an ancient Egyptian name commonly translated as "beautiful companion" or "the beautiful companion." It is built from the Egyptian word nfr, meaning "beautiful," "good," or "perfect," with the feminine ending -t, joined to jry, "companion" or "associate." Because Egyptian hieroglyphs generally recorded consonants and not vowels, the name is a modern vocalization, and its exact ancient pronunciation is not known. The rendering of jry as "companion" is conventional rather than certain. Nefertari should not be confused with the similar-looking Nefertiti, which comes from nfr.t-jy.tj and means "the beautiful one has come."
Nefertari Name History & Origins
Nefertari is attested as the name of Egyptian royal women rather than as a common personal name. One queen named Nefertari was a wife of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV. The name is most widely known from Nefertari Merytmut, the Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II in the 19th Dynasty (13th century BCE). Her fuller name incorporates Merytmut, meaning "beloved of Mut," the goddess. She is remembered through her painted tomb, QV66, in the Valley of the Queens at Thebes, and through the smaller rock-cut temple at Abu Simbel that Ramesses II dedicated to her and to the goddess Hathor.
The form Nefertari is a scholarly vocalization of a consonantal Egyptian name; English spellings vary and include Nefertary and Nofretari. The name has stayed largely within the study of ancient Egypt and occasional modern use rather than entering the mainstream stock of European personal names.
How Popular is the Name Nefertari?
Nefertari has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #3,334 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,352 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #4,727 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2023 | #6,100 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,753 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #8,838 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #5,606 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #4,862 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,967 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #3,334 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #4,327 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #7,187 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #12,753 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #11,701 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #16,316 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #18,779 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #13,131 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #19,382 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #10,593 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #13,569 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #14,692 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #10,706 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #18,032 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,303 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #13,076 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #14,489 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,085 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #12,015 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #15,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #10,256 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #7,912 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #15,035 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #10,263 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #11,322 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #7,799 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #7,699 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #7,299 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #6,550 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #9,961 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #11,427 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #11,712 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #9,969 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #9,798 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #6,753 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #7,341 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #6,416 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #5,832 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #8,093 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #8,015 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #7,690 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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