One very common name in Ethiopia that depicts the high value that a child has for the parents is Wärk’ (or Wärq - ወርቅ) sometimes transliterated in Latin letters as WERK and others as WORK. 
The meaning is “gold” and represents value, excellence and rarity. The masculine form is Wärk’ (ወርቅ); the feminine version is Wärk’ itu (ወርቂቱ).
The concept of “gold” or “golden” is not only used in this form, but also very frequently in two-element names.
Every time you see a name ending in “Wärk’ “, it usually means that whatever the name is referring to, is made of gold or is golden, adding an extra value to the name.
For example, as I mentioned last month, the name Abäba-Wärk’ (Abeba-Werk) means “flower of gold” or “golden flower”.
There are many examples of this kind, specially in women’s names:

There is a tradition in Ethiopia that when a woman gets married her mother in law gives her what is called “name of bread” on her wedding night. The tradition comes from the past when the bride’s friends used to carry bread as a present when she moved to the new house. Traditionally names of bread are two-element names that include the word “Wärk’” or gold. For example Akalä Wärk’ (Akale Werk) አካለ ወርቅ, ‘a body of gold’ . These names can also be used as secular personal names.

There are also many names that are verbal sentences where the word gold plays an important part:

Other names express some characteristics of gold:

Bibliography: Amharic and Ethiopic Onomastics by Elias Yemane

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