AMENI.  Egyptian name meaning "the self-existing one."

    Ameni, the son of King Osertesen or Sesertesen I. of the XIIth dynasty.
    Ameni, a great Egyptian officer, called Suten Rekh, or "royal father," of the XIIth dynasty.  His wife's name was Hotep, "peace," the daughter of a chief whose name is not given.  He had a son named Pthahsankh, "Pthah, who makes to live," and a daughter named like her mother, Hotep.
    Ameni, the son of an Egyptian functionary named Antefaker and his wife Hotept.  He lived probably in the XIIth dynasty.
    Ameni, the superintendent of the works in the temples of Upper and Lower Egypt, in the reigns of Amenemha I. and II. of the XIIth dynasty.  He was the son of the chief Tauuer and the lady Meristekhu.
    Ameni, the name of two of the sons of Antef, a great officer in the court of one of the kings of the XIIth dynasty.
    Ameni, the son of Apa.  He was a priest of Osiris, in the XIIth dynasty.
    Ameni, certain Egyptian amulets, in the shape of a right angle or carpenter's square.  They were generally wrought in Haematite or black stone, and are often found with the mummies; their symbolical meaning is unknown.
    Ameni, the chief of the embalmers of an unnamed king of the XVIIIth dynasty.  His wife's name was Hathorse, and his daughter's Pthahse.  He had also a son who was named like himself, Ameni.
    Ameni, a great Egyptian general and officer of state, in the reign of Osirtasen I. of the XIIth dynasty.  He conquered the people of Kush, protected the Egyptians during a great famine, and administered the government of the province of Sah, in Upper Egypt, with great prudence.  He was buried in a tomb at Beni Hassan. (An Archaic Dictionary, Cooper, 1876).