

Meanings of Ethiopian Girls names Name Meaning Origin A Abaynesh Like The Nile or You Are The Nile Amharic Abebeche ~ Abebech She Has Bloomed or Blooming Like A Flower Amharic Abeba Flower Amharic Abenet Example Amharic Abigail Father Rejoice Hebrew Abigel Abrinet She Emanates Light or She Has Made It Light Tigrian Achemyelesh You Have No What do Ethiopian girls names mean in Hebrew? The name Milen is primarily a male name of Bulgarian origin that means Gracious. – feven.Įretria (/əˈriːtriə/ Greek: Ερέτρια, Erétria, Ancient Greek: Ἐρέτρια, Erétria, literally ‘city of the rowers’) is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It is most common in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It’s a biblical name that means ‘bright’ and ‘radiant’. Occasionally, the paternal grandfather’s name can be added if needed. Everyone has his/her own name and also uses his/her father’s name, which comes after the personal name. The use of a first name and a family name is unknown in Ethiopia.

Naming in Ethiopia, in general, is different from naming in the US. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word “king” or “emperor” in Biblical and other literature. Negus is a noun derived from the Ethiopian Semitic root ngś, meaning “to reign”.

Gebre (Ge’ez: ገብረ, Gäbrä) is a common masculine Ethiopian and Eritrean name, meaning “servant” in Ge’ez. Liya is a Hebrew name, which is also common among Ethiopians, it means ‘I am with God.Īmara, of African, Greek, Sanskrit, Latin origin, meaning ‘eternal paradise.
