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 (Template:Lang-gez, Gäbrä) is a common masculine Ethiopian 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 or Afewark Gebre Iyasus (1868–1947), Ethiopian writer, wrote the first novel in Amharic
Ghebreselassie Yoseph, 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 (flourished late 19th century), a dabtara (a lay person of religious learning) of the Ethiopian Church
Gebre Krestos, nəgusä nägäst (1832–1832), of Ethiopia
Gebre Kristos Desta (1932–1981), Ethiopian modern artist
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, king of Ethiopia, member of the Zagwe dynasty, saint in the Ethiopian church
Haile Gebrselassie or Haile Gebre-Selassie (born 1973), Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete
Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher (1936–2012), Ethiopian writer
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (born 1965), Ethiopian politician, academic, and public-health authority
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935–2004), Ethiopian general who was President of Ethiopia for one week in 1991
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (born 1940), Ethiopian who won the Right Livelihood Award in 2000
Tewolde-Medhin Gebre-Medhin (1860–1930), pastor, educator and translator from S'eä’azäga, Tigray in the Horn of Africa
Theodor Gebre Selassie (born 1986), Czech footballer of Ethiopian heritage
Timnit Gebru (born 1983), Ethiopian computer scientist of Eritrean descent fired for publishing on algorithmic bias in data mining
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin or Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin (1936–2006), Poet Laureate of Ethiopia, playwright, essayist, and art director

List of people named Gebre or variant

See also