Ethiopian Baby Names
43 Ethiopian names with researched meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 43 Ethiopian baby names below. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it said correctly. Names are listed most-popular first.
Ethiopian Girl Names
Soliana#2773 in the U.S.Modern name popular in Eritrean and Ethiopian (Tigrinya- and Amharic-speaking) communities; widYohanna#3901 in the U.S.God is gracious; a transliterated form of Johanna, from Hebrew Yochanan, used in Ethiopian, AraCandice#5125 in the U.S.From Candace — the dynastic title of the queens of ancient Kush (Nubia/Ethiopia); meaning possiHasset#6944 in the U.S.From the Amharic (Ethiopia) Hasset — variously 'good news; happiness/joy'; sources vary, so rouMakeda#7365 in the U.S.From Ethiopian tradition — Makeda, the name of the Queen of Sheba; possibly 'greatness' or linkTsion#8317 in the U.S.An Amharic (Ethiopian) form of Zion — from the Hebrew Tsiyyon, 'Zion; a hill of Jerusalem; a hoNuhamin#9302 in the U.S.From the Amharic (an Ethiopian language), variously glossed 'we live; we exist; we are'; sourceFana#9568 in the U.S.From the Ethiopian/Amharic Fana, 'light; lantern; torch.' Separately, in Arabic, fana names a SSenai#11772 in the U.S.An Eritrean/Ethiopian (Tigrinya) name, read as 'good; beautiful,' and sometimes echoing the bibAbsalat#11944 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic/Ge'ez) name, sometimes read as connected to 'prayers; blessing; petition'Saron#12070 in the U.S.A form of Sharon, from the Hebrew for 'a fertile plain' — the Plain of Sharon, home of the biblAdey#12142 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic) name often linked to the Adey Abeba, the golden Ethiopian daisy that bloMisgana#12994 in the U.S.From the Amharic word misgana, 'thanksgiving; praise' — an Ethiopian name of gratitude, often gBemnet#13464 in the U.S.From the Amharic (an Ethiopian language), 'faith; belief'Bitania#13473 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic) girl's name, generally understood as a form of Bethany, the biblical vilBitanya#13702 in the U.S.Bitanya is an Ethiopian (Amharic) girls' name, generally understood as a form of Bethany — the Emnet#13721 in the U.S.From the Amharic (Ethiopia) emnet, 'faith; belief; trust'; we note the faith senseFenet#13985 in the U.S.An Ethiopian girls' name, usually glossed as 'spring' or 'source, wellspring' in Oromo and AmhaHermela#14062 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic and Tigrinya) girls' name, used widely in Orthodox Christian families andMelaher#14619 in the U.S.A rare name we cannot trace to a securely documented root. It is sometimes associated with EthiMelat#14622 in the U.S.An Amharic given name of Ethiopia, usually glossed 'prayer; supplication'. It is used in EthiopSolyana#14707 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic/Ge'ez) name often read as 'reconciliation; peace; peacemaker,' with ChrisMsgana#14710 in the U.S.Msgana is an Ethiopian (Tigrinya) name meaning 'praise, thanks (to God)' - a name of gratitude.Betselot#15311 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic) name commonly understood as 'grace; my grace; favor.' A warm heritage naHiyabel#16138 in the U.S.An Ethiopian/Amharic name built on Hiyab ('gift; present') with an -el ending (echoing 'of God'Liyat#16317 in the U.S.Variously from the Hebrew, 'you are mine to me', and an Amharic (Ethiopian) name, 'a gift; growMeba#16774 in the U.S.Meba is an Ethiopian name, likely of Amharic origin. A firm single documented meaning is hard tSelomeAn Ethiopian/Amharic form of Salome, from the Hebrew shalom, 'peace; well-being; wholeness.' A
Ethiopian Boy Names
Mahari#3284 in the U.S.From the Amharic (Ethiopia) Mahari, 'a forgiver; merciful; one who shows mercy'Yared#3749 in the U.S.From Hebrew Yered (Jared), 'descent, one who descends'; also the revered Ethiopian saint and coKidus#4198 in the U.S.From Ge'ez/Amharic qidus, 'holy, sacred, saint'Ezana#4292 in the U.S.From Ezana, the 4th-century king of Aksum who made Christianity the state religion; a Ge'ez/EthMillion#4342 in the U.S.From the number word — Latin mille grown large — and an Ethiopian given-name staple (Milyon)Tafari#4520 in the U.S.From Amharic Tafari, 'one who is feared/awesome, awe-inspiring' — Haile Selassie's birth name, Naod#4650 in the U.S.From Naod, an Ethiopian king of the Solomonic dynasty; a Ge'ez/Ethiopian royal nameNatnael#5774 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic) form of Nathanael — from the Hebrew, 'God has given; a gift of God'; a dKirubel#7115 in the U.S.From the Ethiopian (Amharic/Ge'ez) Kirubel, meaning 'cherub' and understood as the name of the Eyob#8502 in the U.S.An Amharic/Ethiopian form of Job — from the Hebrew Iyov, variously 'persecuted; one who weeps' Taye#9633 in the U.S.A short, bright one-beat name, familiar through the actor Taye Diggs; it also appears as an EthYacob#9811 in the U.S.An Ethiopian/Arabic form of Jacob/Yaqub — from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, 'a supplanter; one who folloHenok#10108 in the U.S.The Ethiopian and Amharic form of Enoch, from the Hebrew Chanokh, 'dedicated; trained; initiateZemichael#10680 in the U.S.An Ethiopian (Amharic/Tigrinya) name — Ze-Michael, 'of Michael'; Michael from the Hebrew, 'who Lawi#13374 in the U.S.Lawi is used as a given name in Ethiopia and in Malawi and neighboring countries; in Ethiopian
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Popular Ethiopian baby names include Soliana, Mahari, Yared, Yohanna, Kidus, Ezana. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 43 Ethiopian baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.