Obiora is a boy's name of African origin meaning “heart of the people.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2024.
Obiora at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
African
Meaning
“heart of the people”
About the name Obiora
Obiora belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “heart of the people” — 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, Obiora first appears in Social Security records in 2014. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11739 in 2014, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 6 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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.