Fun Facts About the Name Meklit
- 505 babies named Meklit: U.S. records list 505 babies given the name Meklit from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Meklit Mean?
Meklit (Amharic: መክሊት) is an Ethiopian feminine name. The meaning usually given for it is "counsel" or "advice," from the Amharic noun məkr (ምክር), "advice, counsel," and the verb mäkkärä (መከረ), "to advise, to counsel." Some English name lists give "wisdom" instead; that appears to be a looser, customary rendering rather than the literal sense of the word. The exact derivation is not fully settled, and the link between the name and the everyday Amharic noun for advice is not certain.
Meklit Name History & Origins
Amharic is a Semitic language and the main working language of Ethiopia, and Meklit has the shape of many Amharic personal names: a noun formed from a root with the prefix mä- (written መ-), as in names such as Mekdes and Mekonnen. The name is written መክሊት in the Amharic script (fidel).
Ethiopian personal names are often drawn from the vocabulary of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and from ordinary Amharic and Ge'ez words, rather than from saints' names in the European style, so a name like Meklit carries its meaning directly rather than pointing to a patron saint. It is a girls' name used in Ethiopia and in Ethiopian communities abroad. A well-known bearer is the Ethiopian-American musician Meklit Hadero.
How Popular is the Name Meklit?
Meklit has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #3,762 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,573 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,716 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #4,949 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #5,747 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #4,796 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #5,121 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #3,762 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 2018 | #4,527 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,816 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #4,321 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #4,463 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #4,234 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #6,402 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #4,926 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #6,272 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #5,904 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #9,798 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,823 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #10,586 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #14,598 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #12,614 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,439 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #15,123 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Meklit Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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