Ketema can be a masculine given name or a patronymic. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Ketema Benti (born 1945), Ethiopian sprinter Ketema Nigusse (born 1981), Ethiopian long-distance runner Ketema Yifru, Ethiopian statesman
Patronymic Lemawork Ketema (born 1985), Ethiopian-born Austrian long-distance runner Tigist Ketema (born 1998), Ethiopian track and field athlete Yilma Ketema (born 1945), Ethiopian football forward