Ezinne
Ezinne is a feminine Igbo name of South Eastern Nigeria. It is interpreted to mean "true mother/exemplary mother".
Meaning & Origin of Ezinne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ezinne is a feminine Igbo name of South Eastern Nigeria. It is interpreted to mean "true mother/exemplary mother".
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The Story of Ezinne
The earliest SSA record of Ezinne as a baby girl name dates back to 1988, when 8 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Ezinne — #6,844 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Ezinne on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ezinne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 186 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ezinne
Ezinne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 186 births in the dataset. Ezinne's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #6,844. Use the chart and map above to compare Ezinne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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