Ezinne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-ZEE-neh
- Origin
- Igbo
Ezinne is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “good mother”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ezinne mean?
Igbo: from Igbo ezi 'good' and nne 'mother'
“good mother”
Is Ezinne a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezinne is a girls' name.
How popular is Ezinne in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 girls.
Ezinne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Ezinne in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Ezinne in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezinne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Ezinne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoife, Elodie, Esme, Isabelle, Maeve, Phoebe, Ivy-Rose, Sienna, Amelie, Eden, Emmeline, Annabelle
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ezinne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezinne, updated 20 October 2026.