Gender | Male (given name) |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Ge'ez |
Meaning | "Servant of" |
Region of origin | Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Gabra, Ghebre, Ghevre |
Related names | Gebru |
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"). Gebru is a variant, often seen in Tigrinya.
As with other such compound names, when written in transliteration in a Latin script, it is often abbreviated as "G/" (e.g. G/Selassie for Gebreselassie). It may likewise also be transliterated with a hyphen or a space connecting it to the root, potentially obscuring the nature of the name.