Child Brides in Ethiopia

The Girl Effect

Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan

What does "Ebba" mean?

The girl's name Ebba \e(b)-ba\ is of Old Norse and Old English origin, and its meaning is "brave, strong boar". Also possibly (Old English) "fortress of riches". Edburga was the name of a seventh-century saint.

Ebba has 1 variant form: Ebbe.

For more information, see also the related name Eve.

Baby names that sound like Ebba are Abba and Eba.

Ebba is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Ebba. Compare Ebba with related baby names.

Wow.

Dry your eyes, then click here for ways to help kids in Uganda.

Now Ebba sez:

• Da-bee (for Darby, our dog)
• Ba-da (for bottle)
• Hi
• Bye-bye
• Poo-ay (her attempt at "poo-ey!", which I say when she has a dirty diaper)

My Fathers' Daughter

In 2004, Hannah Pool knew more about next season's lipstick colors than she did about Africa: a beauty editor for The Guardian newspaper, she juggled lattes and cocktails, handbags and hangouts through her twenties just like any other beautiful, independent Londoner. Her white, English adoptive relatives were beloved to her and were all the family she needed.

Contacted by relatives she didn't know, she decided to visit Eritrea, the war-torn African country of her birth, and answer for herself the daunting questions every adopted child asks.

What Hannah Pool learned on her journey forms a narrative of insight, wisdom, wit, and warmth beyond all expectations.

Available from Amharic Kids.