The baby name Uzoma is a Boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oo-ZOH-mah.
Uzoma is Igbo in Origin.
The baby name Uzoma is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oo-ZOH-mah.
Uzoma is Igbo in Origin.
Uzoma is an Igbo compound name from southeastern Nigeria, formed from ụzọ, road, way, or path, and ọma, good, fine, or proper. Its earliest recoverable form is the ordinary Igbo phrase ụzọ ọma, with the tones and vowel dots often omitted in English spelling. Taken literally, the name signifies good road or good path, a compact nominal phrase rather than a sentence-name.
Igbo personal names commonly preserve circumstances of birth, family hopes, religious language, or moral comment, and Uzoma fits that broader onomastic pattern without being tied to one gender in Igbo usage. In English-language records it appears as both a given name and surname, with spellings such as Uzomah and Uzooma. U.S. usage is recent and rare, concentrated from the 1980s onward among Nigerian and diaspora families.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| NG | 0 | #191 | 75 | 5,926 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #248 | 2 | 5,568 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #267 | 1,021 | 15,093 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #281 | 1,670 | 16,906 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| LY | 0 | #523 | 13 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #540 | 11 | 12,054 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #557 | 4 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| United States | Girls | 2002 | #882 | 8 | 9,522 |
| United States | Boys | 2020 | #892 | 7 | 7,187 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,081 | 12 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,153 | 26 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 |
Uzoma is popular in 21 countries — most recent births per country:
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