name
Ochieng
oh-CHEE-eng
oʊˈtʃiːɛŋListen
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Syllable breakdown
Ochieng
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Dholuo (Kenya)
- Meaning
- a Dholuo name given to a male child born when the sun is setting or in the late afternoon; complementing names like Otieno for night births and Odhiambo for evening births, Ochieng captures the precise atmospheric moment of arrival; widely distributed as both a first name and surname among Luo communities and a marker of ethnic identity across Kenya
- Gender
- male
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