Given name & surname · also Turkish
Ozer
“assistant, helper”
Ozer is a surname from Turkish, ultimately from Hebrew.
Original TurkishÖzer
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ozer goes back to Hebrew עוזר (ozér), meaning “assistant, helper.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ozer comes from Turkish, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Turkish Özer, from Hebrew עוזר (ozér, “assistant, helper”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ozer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 706 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.
Ozer’s family of names
In English usage, Ozer as a surname was borrowed from the Turkish form Özer. In Greek usage, Ozer as a surname is a transliteration of Όζερ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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