Most common Habesha (Ethiopian and Eritrean) names?
Bethlehem/Betty
Sara
Samuel/Sammy
Eyrusalem/Jerusalem
Michael/Mikael/Mikiyas
Biruk
Dawit
Abiue/Abiye/Abi
Selam
Yared
Alem
Ezra
Mathios/Mathew
Melak
Kedist
Tigist
Tsega
Tsege
Lydia
Daniel
Yordanos
Abeba
Azeb
Simon
Yohana
Lili
Marone
Elsa/Elsabeth/Elizabeth
Teodros/Teddy
Yonas/Yohnathan/Johnathan
Mahlet
Helen
Biniam
Yusef/Yoseph
Haile
Saba
Amanual
Robel
Luwam
Yohannes
Haben/Heaven
Ruth/Ruthie
Rahiel/Rahel/Rahwa
Leah
Berhane/Berhanu
Ermias
Elias
Fatimah
Eden
Almaz
Tesfaye
Kirubel
Kidus
Derege
Gebre
Bereket
Asfaw
Tamrat
Tamiru
Bilal
Tadesse
Abinet
Eyobel
Yeshi
Araya
Abraham
Senait
Fasil
Messeret
Hewan
Desta
Nahum
Hanok
Shewit
Tizita
Menna/Manna
Ephrem
Zecharias
Samrawit
Feven
Solomon
Zewdy
I know at least 4 people with EACH of those names... and a lot of my family members and close friends/family friends are named with these names lol - and would you look at that! MY name is Bethlehem! lol
