The story behind Putiphar
From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפָר (Pōṭīfar), itself from Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ (in hieroglyphics 𓇳𓅮𓏙𓅮)
Pronunciation
Latin; Classical-Latin: [puːˈtiː.pʰar]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Latin: [puˈtiː.far]
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Names Similar to Putiphar
Prabhākar
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रभाकर (prabhākara).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Purandar
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुरंदर (puraṃdara).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Aallotar
From aallotar (“water nymph”). Used as a given name since the late 19th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Abacar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Ālamgīr
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَالَمْگِیر (ālamgīr, literally “conqueror of the world”). By surface analysis, आलम (ālam) + -गीर (-gīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Alasdair
From Old Irish Alaxander, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Putiphar
Akhenaten
From Egyptian i-t:n:ra-Ax-x:n (ꜣḫ-n-jtn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Iside
From Latin Īsidem, from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t (ꜣst).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Isis
Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Putiphar
Akhenaten
From Egyptian i-t:n:ra-Ax-x:n (ꜣḫ-n-jtn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Imhotep
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…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Nechos
From Ancient Greek Νεκῶς (Nekôs), itself borrowed from Egyptian n-kꜣw
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length