Meresankh (given name)
Meresankh is the name of several royal women from the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. It means "she loves life" and was popular during the 4th dynasty.
- Meresankh, wife of Raherka
- Meresankh I, mother of the 4th dynasty King Sneferu
- Meresankh, daughter of Prince Kanefer, son of Sneferu
- Meresankh II, daughter of Khufu and Meritites I, married to her half-brother Horbaef, later wife of Djedefre or Khafre
- Meresankh III, daughter of Hetepheres II and Kawab, married to Pharaoh Khafre
- Meresankh IV, queen of Egypt towards the end of the 5th dynasty
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| Meresankh III in hieroglyphs |
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