Maat as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maat

What is the meaning of the name Maat ?

The baby name Maat is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced MAHT (IPA: /mɑːt/).

Maat is Egyptian in Origin.

From the Ancient Egyptian mꜣꜥt, Maat names the goddess and principle of truth, balance, justice, and cosmic order. The term derives from the root mꜣꜥ, “true/real,” and in art she bears the single ostrich feather, emblem of rightness. As a given name, it carries the sense of “truth,” “rightness,” or “order.”

Attested from the Old Kingdom onward, Maat framed royal ideology and law; pharaohs “offered Maat” to the gods, and hearts were weighed against her feather in the afterlife. The element appears in theophoric names such as Maatkare (Hatshepsut’s throne name) and Merymaat in the Ramesside period. Modern use is rare but growing in Egyptological and African-diaspora circles, usually feminine but sometimes unisex. Variant spellings include Ma’at (marking the glottal stop), Maet, Mayet, and French Maât; related forms occur in compounds. Approximate pronunciation: MAH-aht.