Neferu ("Beauty") was an ancient Egyptian name. Famous bearers: *

Neferu I Neferu I ("the beauty"; ) was the first queen consort of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt, 11th Dynasty of Egypt. She may have been a wife of the King Mentuhotep I. Her sons were Intef I and Intef II and she was a grandmother of Intef III and Queen ...

, a queen of Montuhotep I (11th dynasty) * Neferu or

Neferukayet Neferukayet was an ancient Egyptian princess and queen of the Eleventh Dynasty. Her name is only known from her steward Rediukhnum's stela, which was found in Dendera (now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, CG 20543).Grajetzki, Wolfram. ''Ancient E ...

, probably the mother of

Intef III Intef III was the third pharaoh of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt during the late First Intermediate Period in the 21st century BC, at a time when Egypt was divided in two kingdoms. The son of his predecessor Intef II and father of his success ...

(11th dynasty) *

Neferu II Neferu II () was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II who ruled in the 11th Dynasty. Biography Neferu II held the titles ''king's wife'' and ''king's daughter''.Wolfram Grajetzki: ''Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hierogly ...

, a queen of Montuhotep II (11th dynasty) * Neferu III, a queen of Senusret I (12th dynasty) * Neferu (13th dynasty) sister to Pharaoh

Imyremeshaw Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw was a minor king of the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. He apparently had a short reign and is mainly attested in the Memphis-Faiyum region in Egypt. Attestations Imyremeshaw is mainly attested in th ...

Sehetepkare Intef Sehetepkare Intef was the a minor king of the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. Sehetepkare Intef reigned from Memphis for a short period, certainly less than ten years, between 1759 BC and 1749 BC or c. 1710 BC. Attestatio ...

; mentioned on Papyrus Bulaq 18 with sister-in-law Aya. * Neferu (13th dynasty), princess, daughter of an unidentified king. Married to Sobekhotep, Chief of Police of the Temple of Anubis, and mentioned on a stela from Abydos.Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., p.113 * Neferu (17th dynasty), mother of Queen

Tetisheri Tetisheri was the matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty. Family Non-royal parentage Tetisheri was the daughter of Tjenna and Neferu. The names of Tetisheri's parents appear to be non-royal and ar ...

Fictional characters

Characters in literary and screen works known solely as Neferu include: * Neferu is the real name for the singer, model and diva named Eliza from ''

Skullgirls ''Skullgirls'' is a 2012 fighting game, fighting video game developed by Reverge Labs and published by Autumn Games, originally released digitally for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and ported to various other home and portable systems afterwards. ...

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Ancient Egyptian given names