The first name Imhotep
A boy’s name meaning “(the one) coming in peace”, “(the one) returning home safely”, “to come”.
Pronounced /ɪmˈhoʊ.tɛp/ 3 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Imhotep means “(the one) coming in peace”, “(the one) returning home safely”, “to come”.
From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”): M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 from the perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”).
More names that mean peace.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Imhotep at birth, 1880–2025
In 2021, 5 boys born in the United States were named Imhotep, the 12,853rd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1993, when 8 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Imhotep in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Imhotep in Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak too.
Famous people named Imhotep
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Equanimeous St. BrownAmerican football player from the United States, born 1996
Questions
- What does the name Imhotep mean?
- Imhotep means “(the one) coming in peace”, “(the one) returning home safely”, “to come”.
- When was Imhotep most popular?
- 1993 in the United States, when 8 babies were named Imhotep, its highest rank at 6,444th.
- How do you pronounce Imhotep?
- Imhotep is /ɪmˈhoʊ.tɛp/, 3 syllables.