Kebede: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Kebede – 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

Phonetic: keh-BEH-day   IPA: /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

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