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Ohemaa

girl name
Origin
Akan
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

queen, queen mother; the Akan title for a female ruler or the senior woman of a royal lineage

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ohemaa has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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