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Obi - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Obi

[ syll. o-bi, ob-i ] The boy name Obi is pronounced as owBAY KEY. Obi is used chiefly in the Igbo language and its origin is African-Igbo. The name means Heart.

Obi is a baby boy name of irregular use. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Obi include Ove (Scandinavian), Ovie (English), and Uwe (Frisian and German).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Obi: OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)"


 
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