"Variant of Hripsime"
The name Arsema is commonly a female name.
Arsema is the Ethiopian form of Hripsime, the name of an Armenian saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The name is used in Amharic and Tigrinya speaking communities in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The etymology of Hripsime is not settled in the sources, so no literal meaning is given here.
The pronunciation of Arsema is ar-SEH-muh.
