Tiye (name) explained

Tiye, also spelled Tiy, Tiyi, Tiya was an ancient Egyptian name; according to Aldred, the pet name for Nefertari.^[1] Its notable bearers were:

• Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten and possible sister of Ay (18th dynasty)
• Queen Tey, wife of Ay, wet nurse of Nefertiti, possibly mother of Mutbenret (18th dynasty)
• Queen Tiye-Mereniset, wife of Setnakht, mother of Ramesses III (20th dynasty)
• Queen Tiye, wife of Ramesses III, against whom she was involved in a harem conspiracy to put her son Pentawere on the throne. (20th dynasty)

"Tiy" is also an online moniker used by Finn Bruce, the founder of Chucklefish.

See also

• • • Ti (disambiguation)
• Ty (disambiguation)
• Tie (disambiguation)
• Tey (disambiguation)
• Tiya, a town in southern Ethiopia
• Tiyi, a mountain in Nagaland

Notes and References

1. Cyril Aldred: Akhenaten, King of Egypt (London, Thames and Hudson, 1991,, p.141