Given name & surname
Oji
“one who brings gifts”
Oji is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who brings gifts.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who brings gifts.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oji through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 7 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 boys is 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 395 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.
Oji’s family of names
Oji has a related form in Ojea. Oji has a related form in Ojee. Oji has a related form in Ojey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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If you love Oji, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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