Gebre Explained

Gebre (Gäbrä) ገብረ
Gender:	Male (given name)
Meaning:	"Servant of"
Region:	Ethiopia, Eritrea
Origin:	Ge'ez
Variant Forms:	Gabra, Ghebre, Ghevre
Related Names:	Gebru

Gebre (Geez: 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 (late 20th century), Minister of Finance of Eritrea from February 1997 to 2001
• Bogaletch Gebre (195x, exact year unknown–2019), Ethiopian women's-rights activist
• Debretsion Gebremichael (early 21st century), Ethiopian politician, former president of Tigray Region
• 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 (late 19th century), debtera of the Ethiopian Church
• Gebre Krestos (1830s), Emperor of Ethiopia
• Gebre Kristos Desta (1932–1981), Ethiopian modern artist
• Gebre Meskel 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 (1940–2023), 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