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Oba - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Oba

[ 2 syll. o-ba, ob-a ] The girl name Oba is pronounced OWBah KEY. Oba is of African-Yoruba origin. The meaning of Oba is 'ancient river goddess'.

Oba is not popular as a baby girl name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

A baby name that sounds like Oba is Ova.

KEY: English pronunciation for Oba: OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Oba