Ngozi

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Igbo (Nigeria)

Meaning

an Igbo feminine name meaning blessing, from ngozi — the state of being blessed or receiving favour from the divine; the name is both a noun and an implicit statement about the child — she is a blessing — and expresses the family's sense that the daughter's arrival is a divine gift; Igbo names structured as theological statements or as nouns describing the child's spiritual significance are among the most common in the Igbo naming tradition, and blessing-names constitute a major category within this tradition; the name is extremely common in Nigeria and among the Nigerian diaspora worldwide, and is sometimes combined with other elements: Ngozi Okonkwo, Ngozi Adichie; the renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has made this name internationally recognisable through her fiction and feminist writing, including Half of a Yellow Sun and We Should All Be Feminists

Gender

female

Also spelled

N'gozi