Amhara: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Amhara – Meaning: name of the Amhara people and their Semitic language of Ethiopia – Origin: Ge'ez/Amharic (Ethiopian ethnonym) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: am-HAH-ruh


Amhara is a Ge'ez/Amharic (Ethiopian ethnonym) girl's name meaning “name of the Amhara people and their Semitic language of Ethiopia”. It appears in our list of 200+ Beautiful Baby Girls Names That Start with A.

Meaning & Origin of Amhara

Meaning: Name of the Amhara people and their Semitic language of Ethiopia.

Origin: Ge'ez/Amharic (Ethiopian ethnonym).

A common claim: Popularly translated as 'people who are free.' Actually: Scholars don't confirm a 'free' root; Amhara is simply the established name for this Ethiopian people and language, and the ethnonym's deeper etymology is actually unsettled.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Amhara

Phonetic: am-HAH-ruh   IPA: /æmˈhɑːrə/

Popularity of Amhara

Amhara doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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