At a Glance
- Meaning
- He became weighty/important (lit. 'he grew heavy')
- Origin
- Amharic
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- keh-BEH-day
Kebede is an Amharic boy's name meaning “he became weighty/important (lit. 'he grew heavy')”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Kebede
Meaning: He became weighty/important (lit. 'he grew heavy').
Origin: Amharic.
A common claim: Often glossed on baby-name sites as 'he has grown' Actually: The root more precisely means 'to be heavy/weighty,' figuratively 'important/honored' — not literally 'growth.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Kebede
keh-BEH-dayIPA /kɛˈbɛdeɪ/
Popularity of Kebede
Kebede 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.
Lists That Include Kebede
Similar Names
Kealoha · Kehinde · Khoren · Kidlat · Kahoku · Konsta
