Selassie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Selassie

What is the meaning of the name Selassie ?

The baby name Selassie is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Amharic: /səˈlɑːse/,English approximation: /səˈlɑːsi/ (suh-LAH-see).

Selassie is Amharic in Origin.

Selassie is an Ethiopian name from Ge’ez səllāsē, carried into Amharic, meaning “(the Holy) Trinity.” As a theophoric element it affirms Christian devotion in the Horn of Africa and can stand alone or join other words to express relationship to the Trinity (power, servant, son). The sense is reverential rather than patronymic, so it suits any gender in contemporary use.

For centuries it has appeared widely in Ethiopian and Eritrean naming, most famously in the imperial name Haile Selassie (“Power of the Trinity”). The Rastafari movement’s veneration of Haile Selassie I spread the term globally, where it is often treated as a surname. Common compounds and related forms include Gebre‑Selassie/Gebreselassie (“servant of the Trinity”) and Wolde‑Selassie/Woldeselassie (“son of the Trinity”). Spelling variants reflect transliteration: Selassie, Sellassie, Selassé, Səllase, Sillasie.