Gebreyesus Family History

Gebreyesus Surname Meaning

Ethiopian (also Gebre Yesus): from the personal name Gebre Yesus which has the Christian religious meaning ‘servant of Jesus’ (see Gebre and Jesus).

— Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Mereness, Dreyfus, Breese, Debree, Bress, Brenes, Brees, Kerekes, Brekhus, Reyes

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