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Pages in category "Ethiopian given names" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abebech; Afewerki;
In modern Ethiopia, a person's legal name includes both the father and the individual's given names, so that the father's given name becomes the child's "last name", there is no actual middle name. In Ethiopia, and traditionally in Eritrea, the naming conventions follow the father's line of descent while certain exemptions can be made in ...
The list includes people born in and residing in Ethiopia, as well as people strongly associated with Ethiopia, and people of significant Ethiopian ancestry. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, "an Ethiopian") is a compound word, later explained as derived from the Greek words αἴθω and ὤψ (eithō "I burn" + ōps "face"). According to the Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon , the designation properly translates as burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival ...
The king whose name inspired the name "Ethiopia". 4 'Aksumawi Son of Aethiopis Traditional founder of Axum. [41] 5 Malayka Aksum Son of 'Aksumawi – – Sum The six sons of 'Aksumawi were the "fathers" of Aksum but were not kings of Ethiopia. [41] Budge believed that they may have "[represented] the dynasty of the serpent which was destroyed ...
The following list of Ethiopian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Ethiopia, of Ethiopian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Ethiopia.
Gebre (Ge'ez: ገብረ, Gäbrä) is a common masculine Ethiopian and Eritrean name, meaning "servant" in Ge'ez.It is used as both a stand-alone given name and, frequently, as a prefix (or stem) in religiously themed compound names; e.g. Gebreselassie ("Servant of the Trinity"), Gebremeskel ("Servant of the Cross"), or Gebremariam ("Servant of Mary").
This is a list of the abunas of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna of Ethiopia is known officially as His Holiness Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot. The current Abuna, Mathias, acceded to this position on 28 February 2013. [1]