Amharic Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the language is Amharic.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abebe Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "flower" in Amharic.

Adamu Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
From the given name Adamu (see user-submitted name).

Ahmedin Amharic
From the given name Ahmedin.

Banchu Eastern African, Ethiopian, Amharic

Baraki Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Baraki, meaning "one who blesses" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic Barak 2 and Hebrew Baruch, also meaning "blessed".

Birhane Amharic, Ethiopian

Dawit Ge'ez, Amharic
From the given name Dawit.

Deressa Eastern African, Amharic
From the given name Deressa.

Deresse Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Deresse or Deressa.

Gebrselassie Amharic, Ethiopian

Gero Amharic

Getachew Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Getachew.

Hailemariam Amharic, Ethiopian
Combination of Haile and Mariam.

Kahinu Eastern African, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya, Swahili, Somali, Malagasy
Means "clergyman" in several Eastern African languages, originally denoting someone who was a clergyman (see the given name Kahinu).

Makonnen Eastern African, Amharic
Derived from the given name Makonnen.

Mariam Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Somali, Amharic
From the given name Maryam.

Mekonnen Eastern African, Amharic
Variant spelling of Makonnen.

Melaku Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Melaku, meaning "the angel" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic/Hebrew Malak and Turkish Melek 2, also meaning "angel".

Selassie Ethiopian, Amharic, Western African
Possibly means "trinity" in Amharic. A notable bearer was Haile Selassie (1892-1975), the regent and emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

Shibabaw Amharic

Tasifa Amharic
Means “hope” in Amharic.

Tedros Eastern African, Amharic, Ge'ez, Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
From the given name Tedros.

Tesfaye Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Tesfaye.

Teshome Eastern African, Amharic
From the given name Teshome.

Yacob Amharic
From the given name Yacob.

Yimtatu Amharic

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