- Origin: English
- Gender: Female
- First Est. 1817
- (OH-shah; oh-SAY-ah)
The name first appears in records as a feminine given-name in England as early as the 1800s. It seems to be based on ocean or an offshoot of Oceana, nickname Ocie, which was somewhat in vogue around the same time period.
It has since been sporadically used in the U.K. and the United States. Since 1996, less than a dozen girls have been given this name in the U.K. In the U.S., it was given to 22 females total between 1895-1921.
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