Given nameMasculine

Tesfaye

/tes-FAH-yeh/

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Meaning

My hope.

From tesfa, hope: Tesfaye is "my hope", the child a family pins its future to. Tesfa alone, and Tesfanesh ("you are my hope", to a girl), grow from the same root.

Who carries it

Amhara

Provenance

generated: 2026-07-04
source: Model-knowledge aggregation pass (2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.

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