Melaku is an Ethiopian name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

*Melaku Belay, leader of the Ethiopian music group

Fendika Fendika (Amharic: "Exult!") is an Ethiopian music group based in Addis Ababa. Led by dancer/choreographer Melaku Belay, they operate a venue, tour, record, and perform under the name Fendika. History Born in 1980 in Ethiopia, Melaku Belay liv ...

Melaku Worede Melaku Worede (; 1936 – 31 July 2023) was an Ethiopian geneticist and agronomist renowned for building one of the finest seed conservation centres in the world, employing science to benefit poor farmers, and saving Africa's seeds from oblivion ...

(born 1936), Ethiopian agronomist

Surname

* LoLa Monroe (born Fershgenet Melaku in 1986), American rapper, model and actress of Ethiopian descent *

Tsega Melaku Tsega Melaku ( he, צֶגָה מֶלָקוּ; born 1968) is an Israeli author, journalist, and community activist. She is the former director of Kol Yisrael's Reshet Aleph ("Network A") radio station. Before her disqualification from running in I ...

(born 1968), Israeli author, journalist, and community activist {{given name, type=both Ethiopian given names