At a Glance
- Meaning
- Roughly 'you are countless/priceless' (Amharic elf 'thousand/myriad' + feminine suffix -nesh 'you are')
- Origin
- Amharic
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- el-fee-NESH
Elfinesh is an Amharic girl's name meaning “roughly 'you are countless/priceless' (Amharic elf 'thousand/myriad' + feminine suffix -nesh 'you are')”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Elfinesh
Meaning: Roughly 'you are countless/priceless' (Amharic elf 'thousand/myriad' + feminine suffix -nesh 'you are').
Origin: Amharic.
A common claim: You are my universe Actually: The 'universe' gloss appears to be a loose paraphrase; Elfinesh more likely combines elf ('thousand/myriad') with -nesh ('you are'), i.e. roughly 'you are countless/priceless,' not literally 'universe.'
How to Pronounce Elfinesh
el-fee-NESHIPA /ɛlfiːˈnɛʃ/
Popularity of Elfinesh
Elfinesh 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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