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in reply to a message by Melaku
There seems to be a dearth of knowledge of African names among posters to this site. I usually direct enquirers to a site that is dedicated to African names, but
a) The message board there is not operational at the moment, and
b) Every time I try to post a reply containing the site's URL, the spam filter here rejects my message.
Legesse seems to be a surname and forename (male) of the Omoro people of Ethiopia. So it should be safe to assume that it was originally the given name of a male ancestor. The meaning has not come to light
a) The message board there is not operational at the moment, and
b) Every time I try to post a reply containing the site's URL, the spam filter here rejects my message.
Legesse seems to be a surname and forename (male) of the Omoro people of Ethiopia. So it should be safe to assume that it was originally the given name of a male ancestor. The meaning has not come to light
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Interesting. Thank you. I have actually never heard of the Omoro people. Could you please send me another message about the African name website when the message board there becomes operational? Thank you.
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Maybe if I split the URL, so www.namesite to which you add .com
Here is a wikipedia article about the Oromo -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo
I notice that some of the names in the article are also found among non-Oromo Ethiopians, and this might be true of your surname. Who knows?
Here is a wikipedia article about the Oromo -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo
I notice that some of the names in the article are also found among non-Oromo Ethiopians, and this might be true of your surname. Who knows?
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Thanks for the info and the website. I was just wondering, does this website (www.namesite) contain surnames or just first names because all I could find was first names.
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That's true of the lists of names, though many of those names can also be found as second names. As I recall, when the forum was running there were also queries about surnames there. It was similar to this site.
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