Meritamen (given name)

Meritamon
in hieroglyphs

Meritamon
in hieroglyphs

Meritamen, also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryetamen (“Beloved of Amun”) is an ancient Egyptian female name. Its male counterpart is Meryamen or Meryamun.

Its notable bearers are:

Ahmose-Meritamen, princess, probably a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II (17th dynasty)
Ahmose-Meritamon, queen, wife of Amenhotep I (18th dynasty)
Meritamen C, princess and God's Wife, a daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)
Meritamen D, princess, another daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)
Meritamen E, princess and queen, daughter of Ramesses II and Nefertari (19th dynasty)
Meritamen F, a Singer of Amun (21st dynasty). Daughter of Menkheperre and Isetemkheb (C), and hence a granddaughter of Pinudjem I.
Meritamen G, princess, owner of an Abydos stela dated to the 25th dynasty by style. It is unknown which pharaoh she was related to.

As a throne name:

Twosret (Sitre Meritamen)

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