Meryre or Meryra (“Beloved of Ra”) was an

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian male name, occurring both as a personal and as a throne name. A variant is ''Merenre,'' the female version is '' Merytre.'' Famous bearers were:

As a personal name

* Meryre, treasurer under Amenhotep III, tutor of Prince

Siatum Siatum was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 18th Dynasty. He was likely one of the sons of Pharaoh Thutmose IV and thus the brother or half-brother of Amenhotep III. His existence is known from two sources: one is a mummy-label found on the mumm ...

(18th dynasty) * Meryre, High Priest of Aten (18th dynasty) * Meryre, steward of the royal harem in Amarna (18th dynasty) * Meryre, a son of

Ramesses II Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...

and

Nefertari Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wife, Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women ...

, 11th on the list of princes * Meryre, another son of Ramesses II, possibly named after the first Meryre; 18th on the list of princesDodson&Hilton, pp.165,172

As a throne name

Pepi I Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I; died 2283 BC) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, king, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years from the 24th to the 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Ki ...

''(Meryre)'' * Nemtyemsaf I ''(Merenre)'' * Nemtyemsaf II ''(Merenre)''

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