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Alemayehu

አለማየሁ

/ah-lem-ah-YEH-hoo/Amharic · a boy’s name

“One who has seen the world”

How to say it
ah-lem-ah-YEH-hoo
Traditional Amharic spelling
አለማየሁ
Used in
Ethiopia
How common
common · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

AlemayehuAlemayehouአለማየሁ

Nicknames & short forms

Alem

From the same family

01Alem“The world; a name expressing wide hopes and possibility”Amharicany→︎02Alemnesh“You are my world”Amharicfemale→︎03Alemtsahay“Sun of the world”Amharicfemale→︎04Alemu“Of the world; belonging to the world”Amharicmale→︎