Nit
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- Egyptian
Nit is a name traditionally given to a girl of Egyptian origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more Egyptian baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Quick Facts About Nit
280
Egyptian baby names in our dictionary
92
Egyptian female names
22
3-letter N-names in our dictionary
359
N-female names total
Not in registry
US SSA records — name appears fewer than 5 times in any year
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