Mengesha (Amharic: መንገሻ, romanized: məngɨšə) is an Ethiopian male given name and surname. It derives from Amharic: መንግሥት, romanized: ˈmənɡɨst, which means "kingdom, royal".^[1][2][3][4]

Given name

• Mengesha Seyoum (born 1927), member of the Solomonic dynasty
• Ras Mengesha Yohannes (1868–1906), governor of Tigray
• Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum (born 1952), prince of Ethiopia and Imperial Chancellor

Name list

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Surname

• Araya Mengesha, Canadian actor
• Milkesa Mengesha (born 2000), Ethiopian athlete
• Nigist Mengesha, Ethiopian-Israeli community activist and social worker
• Seyoum Mengesha (1887–1960), Ethiopian army commander and member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire
• Taddele Mengesha, Ethiopian footballer
• Weyni Mengesha, Canadian director