name
African
Tesfay
TES-fye
ˈtɛsfɑɪListen
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Syllable breakdown
Tesfay
Sounds like
TES-fye
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tigrinya (Eritrea, Ethiopia) — from Ge'ez tesfay (my hope, my expectation); a masculine name meaning 'he is my hope'
- Meaning
- my hope; my expectation
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Tesfaye (Amharic/Ethiopian form)
Common mispronunciations
teh-SFYETES-fay (with 'ay' as in 'day')
Pronunciation tips
Two syllables; stress the first. The 'fay' ending rhymes with 'eye', not 'day'. Tesfay (Eritrea/Tigrinya) and Tesfaye (Ethiopia/Amharic) are the same name in slightly different forms.
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