Cute Ethiopian girl names with meanings

A

Abinet : Exemplary

Addisalem: New World / life

Adera : Promise; Sth to be revered, respected and kept well

Adishiwot : New life

Afomia : Is a Saint whom the Angel Michael rescued from Satan. She was strong in spiritual life.  

Agar : Servant of the wife of Abreham, Sarah Genesis 16 & Gelatians 4:21-31.It also means a friend!

Aida: Arabic origin meaning present/Gift

Amelework : Well behaved, Amele, meaning behavior, work, meaning gold(as in precious,beautiful..)
Amleset: she made it possible to get back(Tigrinia) Parents  feel that they have recovered something or someone that was lost(such as death of an older sibling or wealth that was lost)

Amsale : Appearance, after someones  form

Amsalegenet : After the form of heaven, appearing like heaven

Anan : Meaning clouds

Anchimariam : Oh saint Mary

Antsokia: Biblical town where Saint Paul and Barnebas stayed at and preached 

Arsema : Saint Arsema

Asmeret :

Astaws : Remember, reminder

Atsede :Temple

Atsenash : Strengths you

Ayantu

Ayinabeba :Eyes like a flower, beautiful eyes

Aynalem :Eye of the world, light of the world

Ethiopian girl names

W

Werkuha: Precious water

Wesena : Boarder,

Weynshet :Wine, fruit,sweet

Winta

Wintana

Wudasie: Praise, usually to the lord

Ethiopian girl names

Y

Yalfal : everything (usually pain) will pass by

Yegetanesh : you belong to the lord

Yemiserach : surprise, what a surprise you have been to us

Yenealem : meaning my world, my life, my everything

Yenework : my gold which i look great wearing it;my precious,beauty...

Yeshi : belonging to many, usually associated with being top of the many

Yetnayet : as far as the horizon

Yidedia : liked by God
Yibela : ይቤላ - ኣላት- እግዚአብሔር ይቤላ ለሔዋን፡ እግዚአብሔር ሔዋንን አላት

Yodit: Woman from Judea, Praise. Judith (Genesis 26:34-35)ትርጉም አይሁዳዊት ማለት ነው:: (ዘፍ 26:34-35)
Yodahe: Believer in God(Geez language) used for both boys and girls

Yohana :God is gracious (luke 8:3) ጌታችን ከደቀ መዛሙርቶቹ ጋር ሲያስተምር በሚያስፈልጋቸው ታገለግል የነበረች የሄሮድስ አዛዥ የኩዛ ሚስት ነበርች (ሊቃስ 8:3)

Ethiopian girl names

W

Werkuha : Golden water

Wesena

Weynshet : wine the fruit

Winta

Wintana

Wudasie : praise, praise to the lord always

Ethiopian girl names

T

Tehetena : humility,modesty
Temar: ቴማር comes from the tree Palm, represents the sweet fruits of  palm tree.
“Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law ...” (Gen 38:8-30)

Tenaye: my health

Tezeta : great memory

Tigist : patience;endurance

Tinsae : resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ from the dead

Tsegamariam : grace of saint Mary

Tsegereda : rose, flower

Tselot : prayer

Tsion : Saint Mary

Ethiopian girl names

S

Sipara ሲፓራ ሲጶራ- ሲፎራ (የሙሴ ሚስት- ኢትዮጵያዊት)

Saba : The mother of king Menelik

Sabawork

Sabela :  Famous philosopher who lived in time of the Alexander the great. She had a vision of Saint Mary,represented as sun and holding baby Jesus. Also, famous female character on popular book ´fikir eskemekabir´

Salem : Selam (peace) or See Jerusalem ሳሌም:- ሰላም ወይም እየሩሳሌምን እይ እንደማለት ነው::

Samrawit

Sarah : Wife of Abreham, biblical

Saron : meaning His plan

Seble :  እሸት
Seble Wengel : የወንጌል እሸት 

Selam :peace

Selamawit : peaceful

Selina: meaning moon/Greek/
Selome:meaning peace (Mark 15:40) ሰላም ማለት ነው (የማርቆስ ወንጌል 15:40)

Semhar

Semret : success

Senait :

Sentu : how many as in how many are our blessings
Sapphira: meaning beautiful (Acts 5:1-11) ሰጲራ ማለት ቆንጆ ውብ ማለት ነው:: (የሐዋርያት ስራ 5:1-11)
Sippara (Zipporah) exodus 2:16-22 ሙሴን አስተዳደር ያስተማረው የኢትዮጵያዊው ካህን የዩቶር ልጅ ነበረች:: (ዘጸአት 2:16-22)

Sergut

Serka

Sesen

Sewnet : graceful body

Shitaye : my sweet odor

Sinafikish : i missed you

Sinework : art of gold, which i am sure your creation is

Sofiya

Soliana : Saint Mary´s other name

Soreti

Sosena : አበቡት ወይም አበባ ማለት ነው::(ሉቃስ 8:3) ሶስት ሴቶች በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ሶስና የሚባሉ ነበሩ የነበራቸውን ሐብት ከኢየሱስ ጋር ይካፈሉ ነበር:: (luke 8:3 meaning flower)

Ethiopian girl names

R

Rahel: እንደ ራሄል ታዛዥና ታማኝ ብትኆኑ ባሎቻችሁ ለአባትና ለእናቶች እንደ ያዕቆብ ይገዛሉ

Rebeca: እንደ እርብቃ ለልጆቻችሁ ታልቅና ብዙ በረከትን ለማስገኘት አዋቂዎችና ብልህ ሁኑ (ዘፍጥረት 22:20-23)

Rediet : blessings,

Rekik : unseen as in the presence of God but always there and mesmerizing

Rohama

Ruth : friend, companion (mat.1:5) አጃቢ ማለት ነው:: (ማቴ 1;5)

Ethiopian girl names

N

Nadia : meaning hope

Naomi : pleasant, my sweet

Nardos:the head  of a fragrant east Indian plant, which yields a juice of delicious odor, symbolism of Jesus Christ

Natanim
Natania: gift of God

Nebyat : the prophets

Netsanet : freedom

Nigist : Queen

Nikol: meaning people of victory is a girl name

Nuhamin: Biblical women, Her story shows the capacility of God to bring about great joy by ending great sorrow. (Ruth 4) እንደ ኑሃሚን የምትመርቁ እንጂ የምትራገሙ አትሁኑ:: ታሪኳ የሚያስተምረው እግዚያብሔር ከታላቅ ሐዘን የሚደንቅ ደስታን እንደሚያመጣ ነው:: መጽሐፈ ሩት 4:13-17

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Ethiopian girl names

M

Maekot: meaning grace or abundance  በረከት ወይም ጸጋ /female/

Mahlet : part of a church where sermons are made ማህሌት፣ በዜማ የአምላክን ስም መጥራት፣ መዘመር፣ እልል ማለት ነው።

Makeda : princess Makeda

Marta :

Meaza : nice smell as in fragrance that rejoices the soul

Medhanit : meaning medicine

Mehret : Salvation

Mekdes : Part of the church the Arc of the covenant is found

Meklite : Is literally a precious mineral,but it has more meaning . It is a precious gift from God that He wanted you to produce more from it. Mat 25: 14-30

Mela : meaning black

Melat

Melitetsega : full of grace, as Arc Angel Gebriel called St Mary

Mena : food from heaven, like that people of Israel got while in desert

Menbere : where the king resides or sits on

Meron

Mesalit

Mesekerem : September, beautiful landscape, the start of the new year

Meseret : base as base upon which our marriage will be built on

Metasebia : meaning memorandum as in statue

Metsnanat : getting condolences
Milka ሚልካ - መካሪ ማለት ነው::ዘሁልቁ 26:33 ..meaning some one who gives friendly advices(Number 26:33)

Michaiah ~ ሚካያ ፣ ሚክያስ: “Michaiah” means who is like God? / SBD, (2 ዜና 13:2) ፣ (2 ነገ 22:12)

Mintiwab : meaning how beautiful are you

Misrak : the east, where the sun, your my dear, has shine your happiness on us

Ethiopian girl names

L

Lemlem

Lensa

Lidiya

Lidya

Lielena : meaning heavenly

Lina

Lissan

Liya

Liza

Loza

Luam

Lucy

Ethiopian girl names

K

Kal :the word who has become man, who has been with God before creation

Kalkidan :Vow, cant tell anyone, always in my heart safe and protected

Kanchi :after you, i need no one after you

Kebeb : circle, circle of life , life giving life in an endless circle

Kibre : nobility of...

Kidist : meaning holy

Kirsty

Klawda

Kokeb

Konjit : meaning the beautiful

Ethiopian girl names

H

Hafseba ሐፍሴባ - ደስታየ በርሷ ነው::(ኢሳ 64:4) meaning she is my joy(Is 64:4)
Haimanot : Religion

Hali: meaning the sea

Hamere

Hamlet
Hannah ሐና: The name “Hannah” means gracious; merciful
Hananiah  ሐናንያ: The name “Hananiah” means grace; mercy; gift of the Lord

Haregewoin : branches of the wine, fruit of the sweet generation

Hasset : happiness

Hayat

Helen

Helina : the mind who is neutral in judgment, that always thinks right

Hewan : the wife of Adam, biblical name, the first women

Ethiopian girl names

E

Fana: Light for direction of my life

Fasika : the day Jesus resurrected and defeated death, your birth is the way we defeat death

Feli :Greek word meaning Happy
Fenet: Has a meaning of ¨sifeligish¨ ስፈልግሽ (Amharic) When I needed you(Origion: Oromigna language)

Fertuna :

Fetlework : made of woven gold

Feven : Bright, radiant - In the bible, Romans 16:1-2 she served the followers of Jesus by supplying their needs. በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ በሮሜ 16:1-2 ከዳኑት እና ገንዘባቸውን ለምእመናን በረከት ከሚያውሉት ሐብታም ሴቶች መካከል አንዷ ነበረች::

Fikir : love

Fikirte : lovely

Finase

Finot

Fionda

Firegenet: fruit of heaven whose sweetness is beyond words

Firehiwot : fruit of life

Freselam : fruit of peace, peace in our life

Freya


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Ethiopian girl names with meaninngs

E

Eadom:

Eden : your birth made us live in heaven(Eden)

Edget: the growth in our life

Efrata : meaning fruitful, honored

Ehetegebriel : the sister of arch angel Michael, that is the our mother the virgin Mary

Elaine

Eldana

Elizabeth : The wife of Abraham, the holy, she is one of the holiest women

Ella: Means goddess, all or Complete

Elshaday : God the almighty

Emanda

Emebet : Lady

Ement : Believe

Enat : loving you like my mom (enat)

Endegena: Once again

Enku : precious jewelery, which i vow to protect in my life

Esete : Value, added value to our life

Eskedar : unto the end, one is like you

Etagegn : I found my beloved sister

Etefework : double gold, is your nature..

Etsegenet : plant of the heaven whose aroma is food for soul

Etsehiwot : plant of my life, after you we got pleasure like we took sth pleasant

Etsub : perfect

Eyael

Eyerusalem : Birth place of our lord Jesus where our salvation begun

Ethiopian girl names

D

Dagmawit: as in I got someone i liked (who has died) again

Dana: 

Destaye: my happiness

Diborah :  she has been the only female judge in the bible

Dinah ~ ዲና: The name “Dinah” means judgment;who judges / HBN, (ዘፍ 30፡21)
Judgement; she was the source of Gods´punishement upon Sinites ትርጉሙ ''ፍርድ'' ማለት ነው::(ዘፍ 30:19-21)

Cute Ethiopian girl names

B

Banchi : by you, as in by you i´ve got ...

Bayush : wish everyone saw you

Bethany ቢታንያ ~Bethany, Bithynia: ቤታኒያ፣ በተ ሐና፣ የምህረት ቤት፣ የይቅርታ ቤት፣ የሐና አገር ሰው ማለትነው።

Beiment : in belief as in in belief we were bless with..

Belaynesh : you are above everyone, i mean everyone

Betelhem : you are the holy place where our lord Jesus started saving the world (my life)

Bethel : House of God...we wish you be in your future life

Betre : Betre Aron, example of Saint Mary, found green and growing with HIS will

Betsega : by blessing, I have got you by His blessing I don't deserve

Beza : Savior,

Birhan : Light ..of my life

Birikty : blessed

Biruktawit :

Bithynia ~ ቢታንያ: The name “Bithynia” means violent.

Bitsuan : the Holy, the God chosen, in their prayer, I ´ve got u

Bizuhan

Blen : A grass or any instrument used to paint and beautify the eyelashes.It is also the lens of the eye literally but it means something to be highly cherished. እንደ አይን ብሌን ይጠብቅሽ እንደሚባለው

Ethiopian girl names

A

Abinet : Example

Addisalem

Adera

Adishiwot

Afomia : Is a biblical women who is strong in prey and has been saved from Evil by an angel  

Agar : Servant of the wife of Abreham, Sarah

Aida: Arabic origin meaning present

Amelework
Amleset: she made it possible to get back(Tigrinia) Parents  feel that they have recovered something or someone that was lost(such as death of an older sibling or wealth that was lost)

Amsale

Amsalegenet

Anan : Meaning clouds

Anchimariam

Antsokia

Arsema

Asmeret

Astaws

Aster

Atsede

Atsenash

Ayantu

Ayinabeba

Aynalem

Azeb