Edem

Given to the firstborn son.

From Mawu (God) + ena (has given): "God has given".

From Mawu (God) + ko (only, except): "only God" or "except God" — God alone can be relied on.

From Mawu (God) + li (lives): "God lives".

From Mawu (God) + nyo (is good): "God is good".

From Mawu (God) + se (hears, listens): "God listens".

From Mawu (God) + si (in the hand of): "in God's hands".

An Ewe sentence name meaning "Providence has favored me".

An Ewe sentence name meaning "God has comforted me".

An Ewe sentence name meaning "God loves me" or "divine love".

From Chi + dị ("is") + ebere ("mercy, compassion"): "God is merciful." Shortened to Ebere.

From Chi (one's personal god) + na-edu ("leads, guides"): "God leads / God is the guide." Shortened to Nedu.

From Ghebre/Gebre ("servant of") + Mariam (Mary): "servant of Mary" — one of the most productive naming patterns in Tigrinya, pairing Gebre- with a saint's name.

From olúwa ("Lord") + ṣe ("do") + oun ("thing"): "the Lord has done (something good)." Also read as "thank God," since ẹ ṣeun is the everyday phrase for thank you. Shortened to Seun.

From anda ("increase, multiply"): "they have increased" — the family has grown with this birth. Used for boys and girls.

From anda ("increase, multiply"), present tense: "they are increasing" — the family keeps growing. The counterpart of Andile. Used for boys and girls.

"He has bloomed", related to abeba ("flower"). Borne by the marathon runner Abebe Bikila, the first Black African Olympic gold medallist.

From alem ("world") + -u ("his"): "his world" — the child is the parents' whole world.