Amenhotep as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Amenhotep

What is the meaning of the name Amenhotep ?

The baby name Amenhotep is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /əˌmɛnˈhoʊtɛp/ — uh-MEN-hoh-tep.

Amenhotep is Egyptian in Origin.

Amenhotep is an Ancient Egyptian theophoric name from ỉmn-ḥtp, combining the god Amun (Jmn) with ḥtp “to be satisfied/at peace; offering,” yielding the meaning “Amun is satisfied” or “Amun is at peace.” Traditional transcriptions vary - Amenhotep, Amen-hetep, Amunhotep - reflecting different renderings of Amun and the consonant ḥ. The Hellenized and Latinized form is Amenophis, common in classical sources and Egyptology.

Carried by several 18th-Dynasty pharaohs - Amenhotep I, II, III, and IV (who later took the name Akhenaten) - the name signaled devotion to Amun at Thebes and enjoyed high prestige in the New Kingdom. It was also borne by the famous scribe and architect Amenhotep son of Hapu, later venerated as a sage. While exceedingly rare in modern usage, it appears in heritage and scholarly contexts. Related elements include -hotep in other names (e.g., Imhotep), though these are distinct and not variants of Amenhotep.

⚙ Amenhotep is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 5 recorded uses, across 4 countries.