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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).

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

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 አዱኛ m Ethiopian
Ethiopian name for men

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.

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

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

Batii f Oromo
Oromo name meaning "moon."

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).

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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]

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

Gatreth f Ethiopian
Ethiopian name meaning "rich".

Genet f Ethiopian
Ethiopian name meaning "paradise"

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

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.

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

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

Jhené f Ethiopian
Derived from the Ethiopian word Ghenet, meaning "paradise" or "garden of Eden."

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

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.

Loza ሎዛ f Amharic
The Amharic form of Luz, the name of a place in the Bible where it is believed Jacob saw his ladder.

Lulia f Tigrinya, Various
Said to mean "Diamond" in Tigrinya. Of Eritrean origin, this name gained some popularity around the world.

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

Mikal f Ethiopian (?)
This name means who's like god.

Million m African American (Modern, Rare), Ethiopian
From the English word million.

Nardos f Ethiopian
Ultimately from Greek νάρδος (nardos) meaning "nard plant, spikenard; fragrant oil or ointment of the nard plant", a word used in the New Testament to refer to the expensive perfume poured on Jesus at Bethany (an event known as the 'anointing of Jesus').

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]

Sadora f Ethiopian, English (American)
Sador is the Coptic Christian (Ge'ez) word for the piercing on Jesus' ribs by the lancet. Adding an "a" at the end feminizes it.... [more]

Semere m African, Ethiopian
ethiopian name. meaning Everything goes fine

Shumi ሹሚ m Amharic
Derived from the Amharic word "shum" (ሹም) which historically refers to a chief, ruler, or administrator and was an honorific implying 'ruler'. The use of "shum" as an honorific linguistically diminished with the end of the monarchy in 1974 and has become a given name to denote historical family heritage.

Taitu f Ethiopian
Name of a 19th century Ethiopian empress known for founding the now-capital city of Addis Ababa and fending off Italian invasion of Ethiopia

Tavavich f Amharic
Name of the wife of the eighteenth-century Ethiopian emporer.

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

Teru f Ethiopian
Means "good". This name is often combined with other names (Teruworq is an example).

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.

Wongel ወንጌል f Amharic
Amharic word for "gospel," commonly chosen by Christian families

Yeshi f Amharic
Means "for a thousand". This name is often combined with other names (Yeshimebet is an example).

Yodit ዮዲት f Ethiopian
Variant of Judith. The name of a Beta-Israel Queen also reffered to as Gudit.

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

Zeudi f Tigrinya
Means "crown" in Tigrinya. It is the name of the famous 1970 Eritrean-Italian actress Zeudi Araya (1951-).

Zewditu ዘውዲቱ f Eastern African, Amharic
Zewditu is an Amharic word meaning "the Crown". Although it was sometimes erroneously Anglicized as Judith, it's not a cognate.... [more]

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