Given name & surname
Ofa
“one who loves and is loved”
Ofa is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ofa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 5 boys · 55 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 373 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ofa’s family of names
Ofa has a related form in Ofah. Ofa has a related form in Offa. Ofa has a related form in Offah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Ofa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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