Eghosa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-GOH-sah
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Eghosa is a boys' name, meaning “God's time”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Eghosa mean?
Edo (Benin) language of southern Nigeria
“God's time”
Many Edo names contain Osa, 'God', as in Osagie and Osaro.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Eghosa a girl's or a boy's name?
Eghosa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eghosa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Eghosa, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Eghosa of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Eghosa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Eghosa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Ezra Cruz Rupert Elias Thiago Lorenzo Mustafa Elijah Musa Eesa Rowan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eghosa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eghosa, updated 20 October 2026.