These names were used in ancient Assyria.
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Adad-Nirari is a masculine Assyrian theophoric name meaning "Adad is my helper." It combines the name of the god Adad, the Assyrian storm god, with the Akkadian word nērāru ("helper"). This name was borne by three kings...
Ashur-Ahha-Iddina is the original Akkadian form of the name Esarhaddon, a renowned Assyrian king who reigned from 681 to 669 BCE. The name is composed of two elements: the divine name Ashur, the chief god of the Assyrian...
Ashur-Bani-Apli is an Akkadian form of the name Ashurbanipal, which derives from the Assyrian phrase Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning “Ashur is the creator of a son.” The name was borne by the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian...
Ashurbanipal is the Hellenized form of the Akkadian name Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is creator of a son". This was the name of one of the final kings of the Assyrian Empire, reigning late in the 7th century BC (669–...
Esarhaddon is the English form of the Akkadian name Aššur-aḫa-iddina, used in biblical contexts and historical studies. The name translates to "Ashur has given a brother to me," reflecting a common theophoric structure i...
Ninos is a given name and surname most commonly associated with Assyrian heritage. The name is probably derived from the ancient city of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire. According to Greek historians such as...
Semiramis is a legendary Assyrian queen whose name comes from the Greek form of Shammuramat. The historical Shammuramat was a 9th-century BC queen of Assyria, who served as regent for her son Adad-nirari III after the de...
Sennacherib is a theophoric name of ancient Mesopotamian origin, famously borne by the 7th-century BC Neo-Assyrian king who reigned from 705 to 681 BC. The name comes from the Akkadian Sin-ahhi-eriba, meaning "Sin has re...
Shalmaneser is the biblical Hebrew form of the ancient Akkadian name Shulmanu-Ashared, meaning "Shulmanu is preeminent." This sacred theophoric name honors Shulmanu, an Eastern Semitic (Mesopotamian) god associated with...
Shammuramat is the 9th-century BC Assyrian queen who has become a figure of both historical record and legendary acclaim. Her name, written in Akkadian as Sammu-rāmat or Sammu-ramāt, is of uncertain meaning, possibly der...
Sharrru-Ukin is the original Akkadian form of the name Sargon, meaning "the king is legitimate" or ["true king"], from the Akkadian elements šarru meaning "king" and kīnu meaning "legitimate, true". Etymology and Histori...
Shulmanu-Ashared is the original Akkadian form of the better-known name Shalmaneser. It means “Shulmanu is preeminent,” combining the name of the Assyrian god Shulmanu with a verbal element indicating preeminence. Shulma...
Sin-Ahhi-Eriba is the original Akkadian form of the name Sennacherib, the renowned 7th-century BC Assyrian king who appears in the Old Testament. The name means "Sin has replaced my (lost) brothers," deriving from the Ak...
Tiglath-Pileser is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew Tiḡlaṯ Pilʾeser (תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר), which itself derives from the Akkadian Tukulti-Apil-Esharra (Tukulti-apil-esharra), meaning "my trust is in the son of Esharra."...
Tukulti-Apil-Esharra is the original Akkadian form of Tiglath-Pileser, a name borne by three kings of Assyria.EtymologyThe name Tukulti-apil-esharra translates to “my trust is in the son of Esharra.” Esharra was the main...
Tukulti-Ninurta is an ancient Assyrian masculine name, borne most notably by a powerful king of the Assyrian Empire in the 13th century BC. The name means "my trust is in Ninurta", reflecting a theophoric structure commo...
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