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Alemu

አለሙ

/ah-LEH-moo/Amharic · a boy’s name

“Of the world; belonging to the world”

How to say it
ah-LEH-moo
Traditional Amharic spelling
አለሙ
Used in
Ethiopia
How common
common · also a surname

From the same family

01Alem“The world; a name expressing wide hopes and possibility”Amharicany→︎02Alemayehu“One who has seen the world”Amharicmale→︎03Alemnesh“You are my world”Amharicfemale→︎04Alemtsahay“Sun of the world”Amharicfemale→︎