Meaza is from the Amharic ምዕዛ (Mə'eza) — fragrance, sweet scent. A modern American baby name in the broader Ethiopian-Amharic heritage aesthetic. Meaza Ashenafi (born 1964) is an Ethiopian lawyer and judge — widely considered one of the foundational figures of African women's law and the foundational gender-equality movement in Ethiopia. First female President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia (2018-2023) — appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Co-founder of the foundational Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (1995) and Enat Bank (2011) — Ethiopia's first women-led bank. Foundational subject of the film Difret (2014) — executive-produced by Angelina Jolie, premiered at Sundance — about her landmark case defending a girl in a marriage-by-abduction trial.
Featured throughout Ethiopian heritage.
Meaza reduces to nine.