Oshea

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 55 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
55
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Oshea by the numbers

Oshea was given to 55 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 64 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Oshea

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Oshea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Osherhappiness or fortune; a form of Asher5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Oshen6 in the US (2017)
  • OsielGod is my strength; form of Osee or Hosea61 in the US (2017)
  • Oseasgod is salvation; a form of Hosea14 in the US (2017)
  • Osamalion9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Oshae13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Oshea

Names that are said the same way as Oshea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Oshea

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