Atum
Atum, sometimes rendered as Atem, Temu, or Tem, is the primordial God in Egyptian mythology from whom all else arose. He created himself and is the father of Shu and Tefnut, the divine couple, who are the ancestors of the other Egyptian deities. Atum is also closely associated with the evening sun. As a primordial god and as the evening sun, Atum has chthonic and underworld connections.
- Egyptian Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Atum
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Atum, sometimes rendered as Atem, Temu, or Tem, is the primordial God in Egyptian mythology from whom all else arose. He created himself and is the father of Shu and Tefnut, the divine couple, who are the ancestors of the other Egyptian deities. Atum is also closely associated with the evening sun. As a primordial god and as the evening sun, Atum has chthonic and underworld connections.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Egyptian Mythology
The Story of Atum
Atum first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2019, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 8 births, good for #8,981 nationwide. About 68% of every Atum on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Atum last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 19 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Atum
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About the name Atum
Atum is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 19 births in the dataset. Atum's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #8,981. Use the chart and map above to compare Atum'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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