Gebre (, Gäbrä) is a common masculine Ethiopian and Eritrean name, meaning "servant" in Ge'ez. It is used as both a stand-alone given name and, frequently, as a prefix (or stem) in religiously themed compound names; e.g. Gebreselassie ("Servant of the Trinity"), Gebremeskel ("Servant of the Cross"), or Gebremariam ("Servant of Mary"). Gebru is a variant, often seen in Tigrinya.
As with other such compound names, when written in transliteration in a Latin script, it is often abbreviated as "G/" (e.g. G/Selassie for Gebreselassie). It may likewise also be transliterated with a hyphen or a space connecting it to the root, potentially obscuring the nature of the name.
List of people named Gebre or variant Afevork Ghevre Jesus (1868–1947), Ethiopian writer, wrote the first novel in Amharic Ghebreselassie Yoseph ( late 20th century), Minister of Finance of Eritrea from February 1997 to 2001 Bogaletch Gebre (195x, exact year unknown–2019), Ethiopian women's-rights activist Debretsion Gebremichael ( early 21st century), Ethiopian politician, former president of Tigray Region Eleni Gabre-Madhin or Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin, Ethiopian economist, chief executive officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) Gabra Manfas Qeddus, Ethiopian Christian saint, founder of the monastery of Zuqualla Gebregziabher Gebremariam (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner
Aleqa Gebre Hanna ( late 19th century), debtera of the Ethiopian Church Gebre Krestos ( 1830s), Emperor of Ethiopia Gebre Kristos Desta (1932–1981), Ethiopian modern artist Gebre Meskel Lalibela, king of Ethiopia
Girma Bekele Gebre (born 1992), Ethiopian runner
Haile Gebrselassie (born 1973), Ethiopian athlete Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher (1936–2012), Ethiopian writer Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (born 1965), Ethiopian politician, academic, and public-health authority, Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935–2004), Ethiopian general and politician Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (1940–2023), Ethiopian scientist Tewolde-Medhin Gebre-Medhin (1860–1930), Eritrean pastor, educator and translator Theodor Gebre Selassie (born 1986), Czech footballer Timnit Gebru (born 1983), Ethiopian computer scientist
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin or Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin (1936–2006), Ethiopian poet, playwright and essayist
See also Gebre Guracha, town in central Ethiopia Gebroek Gibret Jebres