Given name & surname
Ohara
“one who meditates”
Ohara is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “one who meditates.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one who meditates.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ohara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 6 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 6 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 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133 as a first name in 2020; 21,059 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.
Ohara’s family of names
Ohara has a related form in Oharah. Ohara has a related form in Oharra. Ohara has a related form in Oharrah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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