Amunet
Amunet or Imnt is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Thebes was the center of her worship through the last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, in 30 BCE. She is attested in the earliest known of Egyptian religious texts and, as was the custom, was paired with a counterpart who is entitled with the same name, but in the masculine, Amun.
- Egyptian Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Amunet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amunet or Imnt is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Thebes was the center of her worship through the last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, in 30 BCE. She is attested in the earliest known of Egyptian religious texts and, as was the custom, was paired with a counterpart who is entitled with the same name, but in the masculine, Amun.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Egyptian Mythology
The Story of Amunet
Amunet first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2000, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 11 Amunets were born — ranking #8,947 that year. As of 2026, Amunet ranks #12,120 for baby girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 83 Amunets have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Amunet
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Amunet. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Amonet
- Yamanut
Names that sound like Amunet
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- Amulet
- Amnet
- Immunity
- Immunize
- Immunise
- Immuno
- Community
- Amounted
- Amount
- Amused
- Immune
- Emanate
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About the name Amunet
Amunet is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 83 births in the dataset. Amunet's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #8,947. Use the chart and map above to compare Amunet's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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