Given name
Offa
“a king”
Offa is used as a given name. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
Offa’s family of names
In Old English usage, Offa shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form UFFE. Offa has a related form in Ofa. Offa has a related form in Offah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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