Ethiopian Submitted Names

Abadir m Near Eastern Mythology, Coptic (Bohairic), Coptic (Sahidic), Arabic (Archaic), Ethiopian, Somali (Archaic)
Means "mighty father". This was a Phoenician name for the highest deity. It was borne by a legendary Coptic saint who was martyred with his sister Irais (or Iraja, Herais, Rhais).

Abaynesh f Amharic
Means "you are the Nile" in Amharic.

Abebe አበባ m Amharic, Ethiopian
Variant of Abeba.

Abebech አበበች f Amharic, Ethiopian
Feminine form of Abebe.

Abera m Ethiopian
Means "light" or "he shines". Used as both a given name and a surname.

Aberham m Ethiopian

Abiy m Amharic
Means "father's joy" in Amharic.

Abreham m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Abraham.

Abrihet f Tigrinya
Means "light" in Tigrinya.

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

Abyalat f Amharic

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

Adanech f Amharic
Means "she saved" or "she rescued" or "she has rescued them" in Amharic.

Addimew አድመው m Amharic
Means "invite him" in Amharic.

Addis አዲስ f & m Amharic, Ethiopian
Derived from Amharic አዲስ (addis) "new".

Addisu m Ethiopian
Means "the new one".

Adiam አዲያም f Ge'ez, Amharic
Possibly means "fair, pretty".

Admase አድናሴ m Amharic
Means "my diamond" in Amharic.

Admassu m Amharic
Means "his horizon" in Amharic.

Admasu አድማሱ m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "his horizon" from Amharic አድማስ (admas) meaning "horizon".

Adua ዓድዋ, አድዋ f Tigrinya (Italianized, Rare), Italian (Rare)
Italian form of ዓድዋ also spelled Adwa or Aduwa. This is an Ethiopian town whose name means "village of Awa (people)" in Tigrinya.... [more]

Adugna m Ethiopian
Ethiopian name for men

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

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

Aimut አይሙት m Amharic
Means "may he not die" in Amharic.

Aklilu m Tigrinya
Means "laurel wreath" in Tigrinya.

Alame ዓለሜ m Amharic
Means "my world" in Amharic.

Alazar አላዛር m Ethiopian
Ethiopian form of Eliezer.

Alemnesh ዓለምነሽ f Ethiopian, Amharic

Alemu m Amharic
Means "they dreamt" in Amharic.

Alimazi f Amharic
Means "diamond" in Amharic.

Alitash f & m Ethiopian
Means "may I not lose you"

Almaz አልማዝ m & f Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Eastern African, Amharic
Means "diamond" in various languages, all derived from Persian الماس (almas). It is only used as a masculine name in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan while it is feminine in Azerbaijan and Ethiopia.

Alula m Ethiopian

Aman m Tigrinya
Means "handsome" in Tigrinya.

Amani f Tigrinya
Means "faith" in Tigrinya.

Amanuel m Tigrinya
Variant of Emanuel.

Ambelu m & f Amharic
Possibly means "commander" in Amharic.

Ambesa አምበሳ m Amharic (Modern)
Variant of Anbesa.

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

Ambesa f Tigrinya
Means "lioness" in Tigrinya.

Amha m Amharic

Amibesa f Amharic
Means "lioness" in Amharic.

Amleset f Tigrinya
Means "she made it return" in Tigrinya.

Ammanuel m Ethiopian
Variant of Emmanuel.

Amron አምሮን m Amharic
Meaning you wanted a certain masculine thing. Calling a baby boy Amron could mean that you wanted that baby.

Ananeya አናንያ m Ethiopian (Modern, Archaic)
Originates from the name 'Hananiah'

Anbesa m Amharic (Modern)
Means "Lion" in Amharic.

Anbessa m Tigrinya
Means "lion" in Tigrinya.

Anibesa m Amharic (Modern)
Variant of Anbesa.

Antaneh m Amharic

Aranchi f Tigrinya
Means "orange (fruit)" in Tigrinya.

Araya m Tigrinya
Means "leader by example" in Tigrinya.

Areyhu f Ethiopian, African

Armana f Tigrinya
Neans "our flag" in Tigrinya.

Arsema አርሴማ f Amharic
Amharic form of Hripsime.

Asegid m Amharic

Aselefech አሰለፈች መርግአ f Ethiopian

Ashegari ዓለሙ f Amharic
Means "may he make you perfect" in Amharic.

Ashu f Amharic

Ashu f Ethiopian

Askale አስካለ f Amharic (Rare)
Probably based on "Askal of Mary" (A type of flower).

Asmeret f Tigrinya
Means "united, unity" in Tigrinya.

Asmerom ኣስመሮም m Tigrinya
Eritrean and Tigray used name, the meaning is to unite.

Assemahegn አሰማሀኝ m Amharic
Means "you made me famous" in Amharic.

Assie f Oromo
varint of aussie

Aster አስቴር f Amharic
Amharic form of Esther.

Awash አዋሽ m Amharic
Means "lender" in Amharic.

Awet ዓወት f Tigrinya
Means "victory" in Tigrinya.

Ayana f Amharic
Means "beautiful flower" in Amharic.

Ayantu f Ethiopian (?)

Ayelech f Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "she who is powerful" in Amharic.

Ayes f Amharic

Ayou f Amharic, Ethiopian
Diminutive of Ayelech.

Azmera አዝመራ f Amharic
Means "harvest, crop" in Amharic.

Bahiru m African, Ethiopian
Ethiopia

Bahru ባህሩ m Amharic
Means "the sea" in Amharic.

Bahta m Tigrinya
Meaning unknown.

Balahegaru m Ethiopian

Banjaw ባንጃው m Amharic
Means "by his side" in Amharic.

Baraki ባራኪ m Amharic
Means "one who blesses" in Amharic.

Baruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Baseleyos ባስልዮስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Basileus.

Batii f Oromo
Oromo name meaning "moon."

Bayissa m Ethiopian

Bedalu በድሉ m Amharic
Means "by His victory" in Amharic.

Beemnet m Amharic

Befeqadu በፍቃዱ m Amharic
Means "by His will" in Amharic.

Bekelech ባቅቀለሽ f Amharic
Means "she flourished" in Amharic.

Belayneh በላይነህ, በላይ ነህ m Eastern African, Amharic
It is an Amharic expression, which means "the new child is above all others". From the Amharic elements በላይ (belay) meaning "above" and ነህ (Neh) means "you".... [more]

Belaynesh በላይነሽ, በላይ ነሽ f Eastern African, Amharic
Feminine form of Belayneh.

Belendia m Amharic
Means "say it out loud" or "do it right" in Amharic.

Belete m Ethiopian

Beliyu-work በልዩ ወርቅ f Amharic
Means "especially gold" in Amharic.

Benmet በምነት m Amharic
Means "in confidence, with trust" in Amharic.

Beraki f & m Amharic

Berekhet m Tigrinya

Bersabeh f Armenian, Amharic
Armenian and Amharic form of Bathsheba.

Beruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Beselot f Amharic
Means "gained through prayer" in Amharic.

Beshi በሺ m Amharic
Means "by thousands" in Amharic.

Betami f Amharic
Means "lovely" in Amharic.

Betelhem ቤተልሔም f Ethiopian, Amharic
Amharic form of Bethlehem.

Betelihem f Ethiopian
Variant of Betelhem.

Bethlehem ቤተልሔም f Ethiopian, English (Rare)
From a biblical place name meaning "house of bread" in Hebrew, the city where Jesus was born (see Bethlehem).

Beyene በየነ m Amharic
Means "he decreed" in Amharic.

Beza ቤዛ f & m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "payment, redemption" in Amharic.

Bezawit f Amharic
Means "saviour" in Amharic.

Bilen ቢለን f Amharic
Means "iris" in Amharic.

Bilen f Tigrinya
Means "beautiful" in Tigrinya.

Bilihi ብልህ m Amharic
Means “wise” in Amharic.

Birabiro f Amharic
Means "butterfly" in Amharic.

Biritu m Amharic
Means "brave" in Amharic.

Birru ብሩ m Amharic
Means "the silver" in Amharic.

Birtukan f Ethiopian

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

Biruktawit f Amharic
Originated from the Bible which means 'blessed' and is of Amharic origin

Bit'a ቢጣ f Amharic

Bitanya f Ethiopian

Boruk m Ethiopian
Variant of Biruk.

Bruk m Amharic
Amharic form of Brock.

Chaltu ጭሃልቱ f Eastern African, Oromo
Means "being the best of the best" in Oromo.

Cheri f Amharic
Means "graceful" in Amharic.

Chernet ቸርነት m Amharic
Means "charity" in Amharic.

Cheru ቸሩ m Amharic
Means "the benign one, the charitable one" in Amharic.

Dadiya f Ethiopian

Dagim m Oromo
Means 'again' or 'the second (junior)' in Oromiffa.

Dagm m Amharic
It's from Amharic language and Geez which is ancient ethiopian language which is dated 3000 years with Hebrew origins, it means Twice or repeated . Usually given when you look like your parents

Dagmawit ዳግማዊት f Eastern African, Amharic
Means "again, the second" in Amharic.

Dagne ዳኝ f Amharic
Dagne means "judge" and is of Amharic origin.

Dammenech ዳመነች f Amharic
Means "she was cloudy" in Amharic.

Danait f Ethiopian

Daniachew m Amharic
Means "arbitrate between them" or "you be the judge" in Amharic.

Daniat f Tigrinya
Means "judge" in Tigrinya.

Dasta m Ethiopian

Defere ደፈረ m Amharic
Means "he is brave" in Amharic.

Deginet ደግነት m Amharic
Means "goodness" in Amharic.

Dehab f Ethiopian

Delnesahu ድልነሳሁ m Amharic
Means "I defeated" in Amharic.

Demere m & f Ethiopian

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

Demissie ደመሰ m Amharic
Means "my destroyer" from Amharic ደመሰሰ (damasasa) meaning "to destroy, to crush".

Demsas ዴምሳስ m Amharic

Deneke ደነቀ m Amharic
Means "he is marvellous" in Amharic.

Derartu f Ethiopian

Dereje ደረጀ m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "to develop, to organise" in Amharic.

Deressa ደረሠ m Eastern African, Amharic
Variant of Deresse.

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

Desita f Amharic
Means "joy, happiness" in Amharic.

Dikamellesh ድከምለሽ f Amharic
Means "you have no weakness" in Amharic.

Dinkinesh ድንቅነሽ f Amharic
Means "you are a marvel" in Amharic.

Dinknesh ድንቅ ነሽ f Amharic
Means "you are marvelous; the wondrous one" in Amharic.... [more]

Dires ድርስ m Amharic
Means "arrive!" in Amharic.

Duretti f Oromo (Rare)
Meaning 'Luxury"

Eebbisee ኤቢሴ f Oromo
Meaning "blessing from God" in Oromoo.

Efrem ኤፍሬም m Amharic
Amharic form of Ephraim.

Ejegayehu f Ethiopian

Ejigayehu f Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "I have seen a lot good/better" in Amharic. This was the name of a famous singer Ejigayehu Shibabaw, better known as Gigi.

Ejjegayyahu እጅገየሁ f Amharic
Means "I have seen much" in Amharic.

Elbetel f Ethiopian
the house of god

Eliyas m Ethiopian

Elleni እሌኒ f Amharic
Amharic form of Helen.

Elsabet ኤልሳቤጥ f Amharic
Amharic form of Elizabeth.

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

Emebet እመቤት f Ethiopian, Amharic
Derived from Amharic ’əmäbēt "royal lady", this (former) honorific is nowadays used as a given name.... [more]

Emiya f Amharic
Means "bliss" in Amharic.

Emnet f Amharic
Means “faith, belief” in Amharic.

Endalkachew m & f Amharic

Enku f Amharic
This feminine name means "pearl" in Amharic.

ʿEsato f Eastern African, Amharic
Means "fire" in Amharic.... [more]

Eskedar እስከዳር f Ethiopian
Means "until the night" in Amharic.

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

Esset-ab f Amharic
means gift of god or persetion of God.

Estifanos እስጢፋኖስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Stephen.

Etana m Ethiopian, Oromo

Ewnetu እውነቱ m Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "truth" in Amharic.

Eyasu እያሱ m Amharic
Amharic form of Joshua.

Eyerusalem f Amharic
Amharic, meaning Jerusalem

Eyoel m Ethiopian

Eyueal m Ethiopian

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]

Fana ፋና f Ethiopian
Means “light” or “jungle” in various African languages.

Fasika m Amharic
Means "Easter" in Amharic.

Fassil m Amharic
Means "Ethiopian king" in Amharic.

Faven f Tigrinya
Means "light"

Feiven f Ethiopian

Feker f Amharic
Means "love, affection" in Amharic.

Felleke ፈለቀ m Amharic
Means "he glittered" in Amharic.

Ferede ፈለቀ m Amharic
Means "he judged" in Amharic.

Fessehaye m Tigrinya
Means "eternal happiness" in Tigrinya.

Fetene ፈጠሰ m Amharic
Means "he is swift" in Amharic.

Fetera f Amharic
Means "creative" in Amharic.

Fethudin m Ethiopian

Fewesi f & m Amharic
Means "to heal" in Amharic.

Fiker f & m Ethiopian

Fikiri f Amharic
Means "love" in Amharic.

Fikre f Ethiopian, African
Meaning "my love" or "love."

Fikru ፍቅሩ m Amharic
Means "his love" in Amharic.

Fitsum ፍፁም m & f Amharic
Means "absolute" in Amharic.

Fnan ፍናን m Amharic, Ge'ez

Freyhiwot f Ethiopian, Amharic
Means "the seed that gave life" or "the fruit of life" in Amharic.

Frezer f Amharic
Means "fertile" in Amharic.

Gabra f Ethiopian
Ethiopian girl's name, meaning "The gift of offering"

Ganzabee f Ethiopian
Variant of Genzebe.

Gashaw ገሸው m Amharic
Means "the shield" in Amharic.

Gatreth f Ethiopian
Ethiopian name meaning "rich".

Gebire’liwa ገብረ’ልዋ f Amharic
Alternate transcription of Gebre’elwa.

Gebre ገብረ m Ethiopian, Ge'ez
Means "servant" in Ge'ez.

Gebre’elwa ገብርኤሏ f Amharic
Amharic feminine form of Gabriel.

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.

Gedamnesh f Ethiopian

Gelagile ገላግሌ m Amharic
Means "I have reconciled" in Amharic.

Geleta ገለታ m & f Amharic
Geleta is Amharic in origin & means 'revealed'.

Gelila f Ethiopian
Tempting beauty

Gemechu m Eastern African, Oromo
Means "joy, happiness" in Oromo.

Genat f Amharic
Means "heaven" in Amharic.

Genet f Ethiopian
Ethiopian name meaning "paradise"

Genzeb f Ethiopian
Diminutive of Genzebe.

Genzebe f Ethiopian

Getachew ጌታቸው m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "their lord", from Amharic ጌታ (géta) "Lord (Jesus), master".

Getaneh ጌታነህ m Amharic
Means "you are a lord" in Amharic.

Gete ጌቴ f Amharic
Short form of Getenesh.

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

Gifti f Oromo
Means "lady" or "queen" in Afaan Oromo.

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.

Gnet f Ethiopian (Modern), Amharic
Variant of Genet.

Gorfu ጎርፉ m Amharic
Means "flood" in Amharic.

Goshu ጎሹ m Amharic
Means "buffalo" in Amharic.

Gotonyal ጎቶንያል m Amharic
Amharic form of Othniel.

Grmay ግርማይ m Tigrinya

Gudeta ጉደታ m Amharic
Means "obligation" in Amharic.

Guenet ገነት m & f Amharic
Means "paradise" or "garden" in Amharic.

Gulema ጉሌማ f Amharic
Means “he who helps, helper” in Amharic.

Haben f Tigrinya
Means "pride" in Tigrinya.

Habtamu m Amharic, Ethiopian
Basically means "my wealth" in Amharic and is therefore etymologically related to Habtom.

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

Habtom m Tigrinya (Modern)
Means "wealthy" in Tigrinya.

Hachalu ሃጫሉ f Oromo, Ethiopian

Hadnet ሓድነት f Tigrinya

Hagos m Tigrinya
Means "joy" in Tigrinya.

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.

Hailemariam m Amharic

Hailemichael m Ethiopian
" power of arch angel Saint Michael "

Hailom m Amharic

Hakiem m Ethiopian, Amharic
Means "doctor" in Amharic.

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

Hamelmal f Amharic
Means "From The Bible" or "The Word".

Hawi f Ethiopian
Hope

Hirut f & m Amharic

Hiruth f Ethiopian

Hiwet f Amharic, Ethiopian
Variant transcription of Hiwot.

Hiyabel f Ethiopian, Tigrinya (?)
According to Nameberry, it means "gift of God" from the Tigrinya element hiyab meaning "gift" and Hebrew אֵל ('el) meaning "God".

Ibsituu f Eastern African, Oromo
Means "light" in Oromo.

Idili f & m Amharic
Means "luck, opportunity" in Amharic.

Iniku f Amharic
Means "jewel" in Amharic.

Irana f Ethiopian

Irgetu እርገቱ m Amharic
Means "the calm" in Amharic.

Isayyas ኢሳያስ m Amharic
Amharic form of Isaiah.

Iskinder m Amharic
Amharic form of Alexander.

Ityoppya ኢትዮጵያ f Amharic (Rare)
Rare Amharic form of Ethiopia.

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.

Jabatu m Indonesian (Rare), Ethiopian (Rare), Southern African (Rare)

Jasimini ጃስሚን f Amharic
Amharic form of Jasmine.

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

Jember f Amharic

Jemere ጀመረ m Amharic
Means "he began" in Amharic.

Jira m Ethiopian

Joas m Ethiopian (Germanized)
German transliteration of Iyoas.

Kahinu ካህኑ m Eastern African, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya
Means "clergyman" in Ge'ez and other Ethiopic languages.

Kalkidan f & m Amharic

Kalkidan ቃልኪዳን f Amharic
Amharic for "promise", root words "qal" (ቃል) meaning word, and "kidan" (ኪዳን), meaning covenant, from the Ge'ez language

Kassa ካሳ m & f Amharic
Means "compensation, reparation" in Amharic.

Kbra ክብራ f Tigrinya
Used in Eritrea and Tigray, meaning: her glory, her dignity

Kebere ከበረ m Amharic
Means "he is honoured" in Amharic.

Kelemi f Amharic
Means "colorful" in Amharic.

Kenea m Ethiopian

Kenenisa m Ethiopian

Kenna m Ethiopian
Famous bearer is Kenna Zemedkun, musician.

Kibriye ክብርዬ m Amharic
Means "my honour" in Amharic.

Kidest ቅድስት f Amharic
Alternate transcription of Amharic ቅድስት (see Kidist).

Kittaw ቅጣው m Amharic
Means "tame him" in Amharic.

Kokebe ኮከቤ m Amharic
Means "my star" in Amharic.

Kokebi f Amharic
Means "star" in Amharic.

Koket f & m Amharic
"What is mine is yours."

Konijo f Amharic
Means "beautiful" in Amharic.

Konjo ቆንጆ f & m Amharic
"Beauty" (typically used in a feminine context).

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.

Lami m Eastern African, Oromo
Means 'nation' in Oromo.

Lamrot ላምሮት f Amharic
Means beautiful or knowledgable. Also common as a surname in Ethiopia.

Lebna f & m Amharic
Means "spirit, essence" in Amharic.

Leensaa f Ethiopian

Legese ለገሰ m Amharic
Means "he was generous" in Amharic.