Egypt is a place name that comes through the Greek Aigyptos from the ancient Egyptian Hut-ka-Ptah, "temple of the soul of Ptah", the name of the city of Memphis. As a given name it belongs to the family of destination names such as Paris and London and is used mostly by African American families. Egypt entered the US top 1000 for girls in 2017, peaked at number 917 in 2019, dropped out in 2023 and ranks 1213 in 2025.