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5/30/2025, 10:48 PM Mike C haile added (from user-submitted name 27752)
3/26/2020, 2:06 PM Mike C 27752
3/7/2018, 6:11 PM HL 27752
3/7/2018, 6:11 PM HL 27752
1/9/2013, 8:35 PM Mike C 27752
4/16/2009, 9:48 PM LMS

Gender Masculine
Usage Amharic
Scripts ኀይሌ, ኀይለ(Amharic)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhäj.lə/

Meaning & History

From Ge'ez ኀይል (hayl) meaning "power, force, strength". This was the regnal name of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975), who was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Another notable bearer is the Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie (1973-).