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== Names and titles == Nefertiti had many titles, including: * Neferneferuaten<ref>{{cite book |first=A. |last=Dodson |title=Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |year=2020 |pages=26}}</ref> (Beautiful is the beauty of Aten) [[wikt:nfr-nfrw-jtn|nfr-nfrw-jtn]] * Hereditary Princess ([[Iry-pat|iryt-p`t]]) * Great of Praises (wrt-Hzwt) * Lady of Grace (nebet-imat, [[wiktionary:nbt#Egyptian|nbt]]-[[wiktionary:jmꜣt#Egyptian|jmꜣt]]) * Sweet of Love (beneret-merut, [[wiktionary:bnr#Egyptian|bnr]][[wiktionary:-t#Egyptian|t]]-[[wiktionary:mrwt#Egyptian|mrwt]]) * Lady of The Two Lands (nebet-tawi, [[wiktionary:nbt#Egyptian|nbt]]-[[wiktionary:tꜣwj#Egyptian|tꜣwj]]) * Main King's Wife, his beloved (hemet-nesut-aat meretef, [[wiktionary:ḥmt-nswt#Egyptian|ḥmt-nswt]]-[[wiktionary:ꜥꜣt|ꜥꜣt]] [[wiktionary:mrt#Etymology_2|mrt]][[wiktionary:.f#Egyptian|.f]]) * Great King's Wife, his beloved (hemet-nesut-weret meretef, [[wiktionary:ḥmt-nswt-wrt#Egyptian|ḥmt-nswt-wrt]] [[wiktionary:mrt#Etymology_2|mrt]][[wiktionary:.f#Egyptian|.f]]) * Lady of All Women (henut-hemut-nebut, [[wiktionary:ḥnwt#Egyptian|ḥnwt]]-[[wiktionary:ḥmwt#Egyptian|ḥmwt]]-nbwt) * Mistress of Upper & Lower Egypt (henut-shemau-mehu, [[wiktionary:ḥnwt#Egyptian|ḥnwt]]-šmꜣw-[[wiktionary:mḥw#Egyptian|mḥw]]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Grajetzki |first=Wolfram |title=Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary |publisher=Golden House Publications |location=London |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-9547218-9-3}}</ref> While modern [[Egyptological]] pronunciation renders her name as ''N'''e'''fertiti'', her name was the sentence ''nfr.t jj.tj'' (or ''Nfr.t-jy.tj''{{sfnp|Dodson|2016|p=87}}), meaning "the beautiful one has come", and probably contemporarily pronounced ''Naftita'' from older ''Nafrat-ita'' or perhaps ''Nafert-yiti''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schenkel |first=W. |title=Zur Rekonstruktion deverbalen Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen |publisher=Harrasowitz |location=Wiesbaden |year=1983 |pages=212, 214,247}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Allen|first=James P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cK-BAwAAQBAJ|title=Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs|date=2014-07-24|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-05364-9|language=en}}</ref>
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