meaning of Ethiopian name

[kirubell]

does anyone know what kirubell means?

[Chaleah]

I don't remember Ethiopia's nickname, but ethiopia is a greek word for burnt of face or burnt skin.

your mama wrote:

How did Ethiopia get it's name and what is its nickname.

[Gech]

I have also a confusion in my name that is named me Getachew. But I don't know still the meaning of my name. Do anybody know the meaning? Thank you for telling me the meaning of Getachew.
Thanks

[Asgedom]

Gech wrote:

I have also a confusion in my name that is named me Getachew. But I don't know still the meaning of my name. Do anybody know the meaning? Thank you for telling me the meaning of Getachew.
Thanks

Their master.

[Kiya]

casey wrote:

we have named our daughter Kiya. I have found out that Kiya was an Egyptian princess, that may have been related to Totenkamuhn ( sorry for the spelling ). It is said to mean jovial name.

my name is kiya and it means moon in quechua.

[sam]

Dear AOL you can find the word "Damotra" in Amharic dictionery.In Ameharic it is a type of snake.

[Sister]

In a few months, I am getting two new sisters from Addis. One of them is named Etagegnehu, and I already know the meaning of her name. But the other's is Nasifaye, and I have had more trouble finding something about her name. Can anyone help? Also, we've been guessing on the spelling, so any advice there would be welcome as well.

Thanks!

[kill_terrorist]

Kiya wrote:

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my name is kiya and it means moon in quechua.

also it means "mine' in Oromigna.

[CAoriginal]

Does anyone know the meaning of the Ethiopian name Afrata?
Thank you

[Julie]

My daughter is also Rediet. The name means "blessings" found on the site:
www.aacasa.org.au/Adoption05.htm - 333k.

[Sandra]

Adopted a child from Ethiopia. What does the name Tzeta mean?

[Mau]

Wow! This is a GREAT community. The knowledge here with helping people find the meanings of these names is phenomenal!

My wife and I are thinking of naming our son "Aksum" or "Axum". We have reasearched the history of the city of Axum, but we cannot find the actual meaning of the name.

Does anyone know the meaning of the name "Aksum"?

[nebiyat]

can anybody tell me what my name means

[nebiyat]

can some one tell me what my name means
i think it's ethioia
by the way my name is nebiyat

[des]

Gech wrote:

I have also a confusion in my name that is named me Getachew. But I don't know still the meaning of my name. Do anybody know the meaning? Thank you for telling me the meaning of Getachew.
Thanks

Geta means lord. Getachew means the lord of many. Its put as one is talking, you being a "geta" of a group of ppl.
Getinet means Lordship.
Getahun means lordshiip be upon you.
Getaye means My lord
Getiye means My lord (only for a loved one or a child. Has nothing to do with being Geta but expression of love.)

[des]

nebiyat wrote:

can some one tell me what my name means
i think it's ethioia
by the way my name is nebiyat

Nebiy means prophet like Nebiy Daniel,
Nebiyu means the prophet
Nebiyat is plural of Nebniy, used for both boys and girls.

Correct me if I am wrong folks.

[des]

Mau wrote:

Wow! This is a GREAT community. The knowledge here with helping people find the meanings of these names is phenomenal!
My wife and I are thinking of naming our son "Aksum" or "Axum". We have reasearched the history of the city of Axum, but we cannot find the actual meaning of the name.
Does anyone know the meaning of the name "Aksum"?

Whew, good luck on this one. Axum is so mystical to Ethiopians we left it at that. I love to know too.

[des]

kirubell wrote:

does anyone know what kirubell means?

I think its a biblical name like Yohannes, Yosef, Yesus etc... Ethiopians specially the northern Christians use thousands of names from the bible the Ethiopian coptic version. Some biblical names are Hebrew as a direct adaptation, others are Ge'ez, Like GebreSelassie, HaileSelassie, Menbere Tsebaot,
Haile Melekot, etc...

[des]

giorgio - genoa wrote:

Me and my wife we are adopting a six years old girls from addis abeba which name is Sewalem.
Is there anybody that can help us in finding the meaning of her name?
Thanks a lot.
Giorgio

Let me try. "Se'w" means man in the sense of human kind, or it could mean a person with no gender designation.
Alem means world. Litrally sewalem means the world of mankind.
However Ethiopians use the word "Alem" to express happiness, satisfaction, being content. There are names such as Alemie, Alemu. So "se'w-Alem"
Also Se'w is used as a name in "Se'winet" to express admiration.
So "se'w Alem" is a beautiful twist of these names. Its an expressive name of love to say "you are my happiness"
Best I could do. Others could have addition or better expression to it. Or corrections.

[des]

Biggie wrote:

Maybe some of you knows the meaning of amharic name Wolde?
Thanks

Wold in Ge'ez means child. I think. So Wolde means "my child" I could be wrong. There are names like Wolde-Tensay, Welde-Semayat, Welde-Yohannes. Your name is a short to one of these and many many others I did not list of course. I have no Idea how "Welde"
is used here. If we can figure this out you have the meaning of your name. I think this is very easy for those who are close to Ge'ez or the Tewahdo church.