This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name.
Mengesha (Amharic: መንገሻ, romanized: məngɨšə) is an Ethiopian male given name and surname. It derives from Amharic: መንግሥት, romanized: ˈmənɡɨst, which means "kingdom, royal".[1][2][3][4]
^"MENGESHA Origin of surname". ANU Museum of the Jewish People. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^Lansky, Bruce (2019). 100,000+ Baby Names: The Most Helpful, Complete, & Up-to-date Name Book. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306922985.
^Ellefson, Connie (2012). A Genealogist's Guide to African Names: A Reference for First Names from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. F+W Media. ISBN 9781440330988.
^United States. Central Intelligence Agency (1965). Amharic Personal Names. p. 27.
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royal". Mengesha Seyoum (born 1927), member of the Solomonic dynasty Ras Mengesha Yohannes (1868–1906), governor of Tigray Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum (born...
Le'ul Ras Mengesha Seyoum (Amharic: መንገሻ ሥዩም; born 7 December 1927)[citation needed] is a member of the imperial family of the Ethiopian Empire. In 1974...
Ras Mengesha Yohannes (Tigrinya: መንገሻ ዮሓንስ; 1868 – 1906) was governor of Tigray and a son of Emperor Yohannes IV (r. 1872-89). His mother was Welette Tekle...
Seyoum Mengesha KBE (Amharic: ሥዩም መንገሻ; 21 June 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire...
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Prince Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum (also Estifanos Mangasha Seyum, born 24 October 1952), is a member of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia. He serves as the...
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family objected and went into open rebellion against Mengesha. Many refused to accept Ras Mengesha as the son of Yohannes, having long known him as his...
Mikael Sehul Mengesha (born 1949) Lij Yohannes Mengesha (born 27 July 1951) Lij Estifanos Mengesha (born 24 October 1953) Lij Jalyee Mengesha (born 1955)...
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province of Tigray led by general Oreste Baratieri, the ruler of Tigray, Ras Mengesha Yohannes invaded Italian Eritrea. In the Battle of Coatit, however, he...
Mengesha, Prince of Tigray, KBE, and great-granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia. Woizero Wolete was thus the sister of Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum...
multiple generations (Lemlem Mengesha Abraha is Lemlem son of Mengesha son of Abraha, his son could be Tamrat Lemlem Mengesha).[citation needed] See Patronymic...
the Emperor's nephews, Ras Haile Maryam Gugsa over the left wing and Ras Mengesha the right. Disaster struct when Ras Haile Maryam Gugsa was killed by gunfire...
Nigist Mengesha is an Ethiopian-Israeli community activist and social worker known for her efforts on behalf of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Nigist Mengesha was...
least $60 million". The Reporter (Ethiopia). Retrieved 10 March 2024. Mengesha S (15 June 2023). "Ethiopian Airlines flies high with 20% increase in earnings...
grandfather's name last. For example, a person named Lemlem Mengesha Abraha has Lemlem as her given name, Mengesha (from her father's name) Abraha (grandfather's name)...
January 1895 between Italy and Ethiopian proxies led by Tigrayan warlord Ras Mengesha Yohannes in what is now Eritrea. It was the opening battle of the First...
Selassie. At the time, western Tigray was ruled by Ras Seyoum Mengesha, the son of Ras Mengesha Yohannes, another heir of Emperor Yohannes. The marriage between...
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