ðə sˈɪɾi wʌz nˈoʊn æz tˈiːpˈɪhʊt dˈʊɹɹɪŋ fˌæɹeɪˈɑːnɪk tˈaɪmz, bˈeɪɾəˈoʊmɪkɹənˈʊpsɪlənsˈɪɡməaɪˈoʊɾəɹˈoʊaɪˈoʊɾəsˈɪɡmə bjˈuːsɪɹˌɪs ɪn hˌɛlənˈɪstɪk tˈaɪmz, ˌæfɹədɪtˈɑːpəliz dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə bˈɪzɐntˌiːn ænd ɹˈoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚz, pˈɛtpeɪ ɪn kˈɑːptɪk, ænd sˈɪns ðɪ ɪslˈɑːmɪk kˈɑːŋkwɛst æz ˈætfi.
The city was known as Tpyhwt during pharaonic times, Βούσιρις (Busiris) in Hellenistic times, Aphroditopolis during the Byzantine and Roman Empires, Petpeh in Coptic, and since the Islamic conquest as Atfih.