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Abebe አበባ m Amharic, Ethiopian
Variant of Abeba.

Abreham m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Abraham.

Abush m Oromo
Means, 'little boy' often used to denote the youngest child of a family.

Adamu m Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
Amharic, Swahili, and Hausa form of Adam.

Afeworq አፈወርቅ m Amharic
Means "mouth of gold" from Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) "mouth" and ወርቅ (wark) "gold".

Afwerki m Tigrinya, Ethiopian
Means "mouth of gold" in Tigrinya.

Alazar አላዛር m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Eliezer.

Amanuel m Tigrinya
Variant of Emanuel.

Ambesa አምበሳ m Amharic (Modern)
Variant of Anbesa.

Ambesa m Ethiopian (Modern)
The meaning of this Ethiopian names is "lion".

Ammanuel m Ethiopian
Variant of Emmanuel.

Anibesa m Amharic (Modern)
Variant of Anbesa.

Baruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Baseleyos ባስልዮስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Basileus.

Beruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Biruk m Ethiopian, African
Transferred use of the surname Biruk, after the footballer Shai Biruk.

Boruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Bruk m Amharic
Amharic form of Brock.

Demisse ደመሰ m Amharic
Alternate transcription of Amharic ደመሰ (see Demissie).

Deressa ደረሠ m Eastern African, Amharic
Variant of Deresse.

Deresse ደረሠ m Ethiopian, Amharic
Ethiopian name of unknown meaning.

Efrem ኤፍሬም m Amharic
Amharic form of Ephraim.

Elyas ኤልያስ m Amharic, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Amharic form and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Elias.

Eskinder እስክንድር m Amharic
Amharic form of Alexander. This name is borne by Ethiopian journalist and dissident Eskinder Nega (1969-).

Estifanos እስጢፋኖስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Stephen.

Eyasu እያሱ m Amharic
Amharic form of Joshua.

Ezana m Ethiopian
Ezana or Ezanas (c.303– c.350 CE/AD) was king of Aksum, now Ethiopia. Ezana was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Aksum to embrace Christianity. Ezana is a Geʽez (an ancient Ethiopian Semitic language) name of unknown meaning... [more]

Gebregziabher ገብረግዚኣብሄር m Ge'ez, Tigrinya
Means "servant of God" in Ge'ez, from Ge'ez ገብረ (gäbrä) "servant" and እግዚአብሔር (ʾəgziʾäbḥer), a Ge'ez translation of God, from Ge'ez እግዚእ (ʾəgziʾ) "lord" and ብሔር (bəḥer) “world, region”

Gebrehiwot m Ge'ez, Amharic
Combination of Gebre and Hiwot.

Gebreselassie m Ge'ez, Amharic
Means "servant of the Trinity" in Ge'ez, from Ge'ez ገብረ (gäbrä) "servant" and ሥላሴ "Trinity", referencing to the Holy Trinity, from selse "threeness".

Gebru m Tigrinya, Ge'ez
Variant of Gebre often seen in Tigrinya.

Ghebreyesus ገብረኢየሱስ m Amharic
Means "servant of Jesus" in Amharic. A notable bearer of this name is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Giorgis m Eastern African, Amharic, Greek (Rare)
Form of George used in Ethiopia, as well as a Greek variant of Georgios.

Giyorgis ጊዮርጊስ m Amharic
Amharic form of George.

Gotonyal ጎቶንያል m Amharic
Amharic form of Othniel.

Habte ሀብቴ, ኃብተ, ሀብተ m & f Ethiopian
According to some sources, Habte means "treasure/present/wealth/riches of".

Haile ኃይሌ m Ge'ez, Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "power, force, strength" in Ge'ez and Amharic. This was the Ge'ez (baptismal) name of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975), who was born as Tafari Makonnen.

Hailemichael m Ethiopian
" power of arch angel Saint Michael "

Haleluya ሃሌሉያ m & f Indonesian, Amharic, Eastern African, Southern African, Western African
Indonesian and African form of Hallelujah

Isayyas ኢሳያስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Isaiah.

Iskinder m Amharic
Amharic form of Alexander.

Iyassu m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Joshua.

Iyasus ኢየሱስ m Ethiopian, Theology
Form of Jesus used in Ethiopia.

Iyoas m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Joash, a name borne by two emperors of Ethiopia.

Iyob ኢዮብ m Amharic
Amharic form of Job.

Iyosafit m Amharic, Tigrinya, Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Jehoshaphat.

Jemal ጀማል m Abkhaz, Amharic, Georgian
Abkhaz, Amharic and Georgian form of Jamal.

Joas m Ethiopian (Germanized)
German transliteration of Iyoas.

Lamessa m Oromo
It is spoken by the Oromo people in Ethiopia. The meaning of the name come from Lama; which means two. And Lamessa means "the second." It is a name given to a person that comes next to the first born: male or female in the family.

Mamo m Ethiopian
This name is often used when the name of the person is unknown. (Compared Buddy).

Matewos ማቴዎስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Matthew.

Mateyas ማትያስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Matthias.

Matiwos m Ethiopian, Amharic
Ethiopian, possibly Amharic verison of Matthew

Menelik ምኒልክ m Ge'ez, Amharic
Means "son of the wise man" in Ge'ez and Amharic. According to the legend Menelik was the first emperor of Ethiopia. In the 10th century BC, he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I is supposed to be the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and Makeda, the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba.

Natnael ናትናኤል m Eastern African, Amharic
Amharic form of Nathaniel.

Negasi m Ethiopian
The meaning of Negasi is ‘he will wear a crown’.

Pawlos ጳውሎስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Paul.

Sado ሳዶ m Oromo (Anglicized)
A form of the arabic name Sa'id, meaning "happy, lucky", used by the Oromo people of Ethiopia. Notable people with this name includes Junedin Sado, a former Ethiopian Cabinet Minister, Haji Adam Sado, a political leader, and his father, Sado Sheka.

Sador m Ethiopian, Literature
Coptic Christian (Ge'ez) word for the piercing on Jesus' ribs by the lancet.... [more]

Seid m Bosnian, Albanian (Rare), Ethiopian
Variant of Sa'id.

Siyoum m Amharic, Ethiopian
Variant of Seyoum.

Suleman ሱሌማን m Arabic, Urdu, Amharic, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic سليمان (see Sulayman), as well as the Urdu, Amharic and Indonesian form.

Tamirat m Amharic
Variant of Tamrat.

Tebarekberhaneyessus m Amharic
This name means "Bless the light of jesus" and is used in Ethiopian families. Mostly Tigray and Gurage.

Tedros ቴዎድሮስ m Amharic, Ge'ez
Variant of Tewodros.

Teferi m Amharic
Variant of Tafari.

Tesfalem m Tigrinya
Means "hope of wise man" in Tigrinya.

Tesfamariam ተስፋማርያም m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "hope of Mary" from Amharic ተስፋ (tasfa) meaning "hope" and ማርያም (Mariyami), the Amharic form of Miriam (see Mary).

Ussen ዑሴን m Amharic
Amharic form of Husayn.

Waaq m Oromo (Latinized, Archaic), Somali (Latinized, Archaic)
Waaq is a name for the ancient Cushitic sky god. He was the supreme creator and god to the indigenous religions of several Cushitic peoples before the advent of the Abrahamic religions in the Horn of Africa... [more]

Woldeab ወልደአብ m Eastern African, Tigrinya
Eritrean given name, of which the meaning is as of yet unknown.... [more]

Woldemariam ወልደ ማርያም m Amharic
Means "child of Mary" in Amharic. A notable bearer of this name is Yosef Wolde-Mariam, a member of the Norwegian musical duo Madcon.

Yacob ያዕቆብ m Ethiopian
Form of Jacob used in Ethiopia.

Yeabsira f & m Amharic
Means "The Father's (God's) work" of Amharic origin, the official language of Ethiopia.

Yewondwossen የወንድ ወሰን m Amharic
Means "man of the border" in Amharic.

Yordanos ዮርዳኖስ f & m Ethiopian
Amharic form of Jordan. This is also the name of a river in Lalibela.

Yosuf ዮሱፍ m Amharic
Amharic form of Joseph.

Zakaryas ዘካርያስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Zachary.

Zakiyos ዘኪዮስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Zacchaeus.

Zula ዙላ m & f Tigrinya
Means "brilliant" in Tigrinya.... [more]

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