Ijeoma is a girl's name of African origin meaning “good journey.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2025.
Ijeoma belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “good journey” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ijeoma first appears in Social Security records in 1967. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3895 in 1980, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 491 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ijeoma means “good journey” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ijeoma is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2025.
Ijeoma comes from the African tradition.
Ijeoma first appears in US records in 1967. Its best-ever ranking was #3895 in 1980, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ijeoma is pronounced /ɪ.d͡ʒi.oʊ.mə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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