Names

Partially restored alabaster jar with 2 handles. It bears the cartouches of pharaoh Tutankhamen and
Queen Ankhesenamun. 18th Dynasty. From Gurob, Fayum, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology, London

𓅃𓃒𓂡𓏏𓅱𓏏𓄟𓋴𓏏𓅱𓏪𓊁
Horus
Kanakht Tutmesut
name
The strong bull, pleasing of birth

  𓅒𓄤𓉔𓊪𓅱𓇩𓏪𓋴𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂝𓇿𓇿𓈅𓈅𓅨𓉥𓉐𓏤
𓇋𓏠𓈖𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓀯
Neferhepusegerehtawy
Nebti
Werahamun Nebrdjer
name
One of perfect laws, who pacifies
the two lands; Great of the palace of
  Amun; Lord of all[80]

𓅉𓍞𓈍𓏥𓊃𓊵𓏏𓊪𓊹𓊹𓊹𓋾𓈎𓏛𓁦𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊪𓊹
  𓊹𓊹𓅱𓍿𓊃𓍞𓈍𓏥𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀯𓆑𓁛𓍞𓈍𓏥𓋭𓊃𓇾
𓇾𓅓
Wetjeskhausehetepnetjeru
  Heqamaatsehetepnetjeru
Golden
  Wetjeskhauitefre
Horus
Wetjeskhautjestawyim
name
Who wears crowns and pleases the
  gods; Ruler of Truth, who pleases
the gods; Who wears the crowns of
  his father, Re; Who wears crowns,
and binds the two lands therein

𓇓𓆤 𓍹𓇳𓆣𓏥𓎟𓍺
Preno
Nebkheperure
men
Lord of the forms of Re

Son of 𓅭𓇳 𓍹𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓋹𓋾𓉺𓇗𓍺
Re   Tutankhamun Hekaiunushema
Living Image of Amun, ruler of
 Upper Heliopolis

At the reintroduction of traditional religious practice, his name changed. It is transliterated as

twt-ꜥnḫ-ỉmn ḥqꜣ-ỉwnw-šmꜥ, and according to modern Egyptological convention is
written Tutankhamun Hekaiunushema, meaning "Living image of Amun, ruler of
Upper Heliopolis". On his ascension to the throne, Tutankhamun took a praenomen. This is
transliterated as nb-ḫprw-rꜥ, and, again, according to modern Egyptological convention is
written Nebkheperure, meaning "Lord of the forms of Re". The name Nibhurrereya in the
Amarna letters may be closer to how his praenomen was actually pronounced.

Ancestry
 

     

Amenhotep II Tiaa
   

                       

                       

                       

   

Thutmose
         

Mutemwiya              

Yuya Tjuyu
IV
       

                                               

                     

             

Amenhotep III Tiye

                       

                         

                     

                       

             

The
KV55,
                 

Younger
possibly Akhenaten
Lady
               

                           

Tutankhamun

See also
 Tutankhamun's mummy
 Tutankhamun's mask
 Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger blade
 Tutankhamun's trumpets