Given name & surname
Ozie
“having great strength”
Ozie is a variant of Oz. One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ozie is a variant of Oz. One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ozie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,168
- 933 boys · 1,235 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 43% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 464 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ozie’s family of names
Ozie has a related form in Oz. In Greek usage, Ozie as a surname is a transliteration of Οζιέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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