Gebre

Gebre (Gäbrä)
ገብረ

Gender	Male (given name)
Origin
Word/name	Ge'ez
Meaning	"Servant of"
Region of origin	Ethiopia, Eritrea
Other names
Variant form(s)	Gabra, Ghebre, Ghevre
Related names	Gebru

Gebre (Ge'ez: ገብረ, Gäbrä) is a common masculine Ethiopian and Eritrean name, meaning "servant" in Ge'ez. It is used as both a stand-alone given name and, frequently, as a prefix (or stem) in religiously themed compound names; e.g. Gebreselassie ("Servant of the Trinity"), Gebremeskel ("Servant of the Cross"), or Gebremariam ("Servant of Mary"). Gebru is a variant, often seen in Tigrinya.

As with other such compound names, when written in transliteration in a Latin script, it is often abbreviated as "G/" (e.g. G/Selassie for Gebreselassie). It may likewise also be transliterated with a hyphen or a space connecting it to the root, potentially obscuring the nature of the name.

List of people named Gebre or variant

• Afevork Ghevre Jesus (1868–1947), Ethiopian writer, wrote the first novel in Amharic
• Ghebreselassie Yoseph (fl. late 20th century), Minister of Finance of Eritrea from February 1997 to 2001
• Bogaletch Gebre (born July 27, 195x, exact year unknown), Ethiopian women's-rights activist
• Eleni Gabre-Madhin or Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin, Ethiopian economist, chief executive officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX)
• Gabra Manfas Qeddus, Ethiopian Christian saint, founder of the monastery of Zuqualla
• Gebregziabher Gebremariam (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner
• Aleqa Gebre Hanna (fl. late 19th century), debtera of the Ethiopian Church
• Gebre Krestos (fl. 1830s), Emperor of Ethiopia
• Gebre Kristos Desta (1932–1981), Ethiopian modern artist
• Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, king of Ethiopia
• Girma Bekele Gebre (born 1992), Ethiopian runner
• Haile Gebrselassie (born 1973), Ethiopian athlete
• Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher (1936–2012), Ethiopian writer
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (born 1965), Ethiopian politician, academic, and public-health authority, Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017
• Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935–2004), Ethiopian general and politician
• Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (born 1940), Ethiopian scientist
• Tewolde-Medhin Gebre-Medhin (1860–1930), Eritrean pastor, educator and translator
• Theodor Gebre Selassie (born 1986), Czech footballer
• Timnit Gebru (born 1983), Ethiopian computer scientist
• Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin or Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin (1936–2006), Ethiopian poet, playwright and essayist

See also

• Gebre Guracha, town in central Ethiopia
• Gebroek
• Gibret
• Jebres