Ozo

/Ọzọ/

Gender: m

1. A prestigious title acquired by the Igbos.

2. Someone who has acquired this title. Also rendered as Ozoh or Ozor

*In some Igbo communities, there are sub-categories of Ozo-titleship- Ọzọ-Ume, Ọzọ-Eze, Ọzọ-Dim, Ọzọ-Okpala and titled men often append these to their given names as identifiers. This is responsible for the Ume- (e.g. Ume-Okeke), Eze- (e.g. Eze-Nwankwo) Dim- (e.g. Dim-Ojukwu) Okpala- (Okpala-Ezekwe) prefix names.