Memphis

Meaning: (Established and Beautiful, City in the State of Tennessee also a ruined city in the country of Egypt. Greek form of Egyptian Men-nafer. One of the capitals of ancient Egypt, identified with the ruins at Mit Rahiney, about 23 km (14 mi) S of Cairo, on the W side of the Nile River. Memphis was for long the most important city in “Lower Egypt” (that is, the Delta region and a small section to the S thereof).)

Origin: (Greek)

Pronunciation: (m-EH-m-fuhs, MEM-fiss, Mem-phus)

Gender: Female, Possibly Uni-Sex

Now people are named Tennessee so I don’t see why a Tennessee city can’t be used but I have heard people say Memphis isn’t really a human’s name or they think so. I like the name Memphis Belle as a double barrel name. I asked about it on Yahoo Answers and found out it was the name of a bomber plane in WWII and the name of a movie about it. Still I love the name so I have added it to my Favorite Female Names list on this blog and now I am adding a post here about it. The meanings are lovely and beautiful. A cute nickname I think could be Mem or Memmy.

 

A few weeks ago I was in Wal Mart and I went past a lady who had a few kids and as I was passing I heard her call one of her daughters names which was Memphis.