Azeb is from the Ge'ez/Amharic አዜብ (Azeb) — south, south wind. A modern American baby name in the broader Ethiopian-Amharic heritage aesthetic. Azeb Mesfin (born 1958) is an Ethiopian politician and businesswoman — wife of former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (1955-2012) and First Lady of Ethiopia (1995-2012). Founder and chair of the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT) — one of the foundational economic development organizations in modern Ethiopia. Also widely known: Azeb Worku — Ethiopian human rights activist; Azeb Tadesse Hahn — Ethiopian-American development specialist. Foundational name across modern Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Habesha diaspora communities.
Featured throughout Ethiopian heritage.
Azeb reduces to seven.