Entry № 6249 · Amharic origin

Mahlet Mahlet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-let /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Amharic
Meaning
"Song, hymn"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Ge'ez)

A name that means "song, hymn".

Mahlet (ማኅሌት) is the Amharic word for "song," particularly the liturgical chants of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The word derives from the Ge'ez liturgical tradition.

Mahlet is widely used in Ethiopia.

Hymn. The Ethiopian liturgical song.

The name in its native script.

ማኅሌት
Transliteration
Maḫlēt
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.lɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahlet stands.

Mahlet does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mahlets before her.

Real people
Mahlet Hailu
Ethiopian model.
In fiction
Mahlet
Common in Ethiopian fiction.

Names connected to Mahlet.

The number behind Mahlet.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahlet reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.