Meaning Ruler Gender Male Origin Latin The name Pharaoh is boy's name of Latin origin meaning "ruler". Overstretching, in the Prince and Pope mold. Famous jazz saxophonist Pharoah [sic] Saunders was really named Ferrell. Tags Celebrity Unique Modern Fictional Character Add new comment Your name Comment About text formats Plain text No HTML tags allowed. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Leave this field blank Fav this