Oshen

Pronounced just like "Ocean", Oshen is an alternative spelling for sea-inspired word name. Possibly drawing inspiration from Osheen, the anglicized spelling of the Irish Oisin, this spelling of Ocean might be considered more visually name-y than the original.

Beyond the word, Oshen might also have links to the Hebrew name, Osher, meaning "happiness", to the Yoruba name, Oshun, meaning "flow", or to the Romani Oshanna, meaning "Hosannah".

Musician Oshen City is a bearer of the name and "Oshenknits" is the social media handle of marine biologist and popular knitwear designer, Vanessa Fleming.

With spelling variations of word names on the rise, there is a possibility that Oshen could join Chozen or Journee in the charts in future years. For now, however, while Oshen was chosen for just nine boys in a recent year, Ocean was given more than twenty times that and ranks in the US Top 1000 for boys and girls.

Oshen is also given to girls.

Pronounced OH-shun.

As of October 2026, Oshen ranked #11648 for boys in US births in 2025 and #17359 for girls in US births in 2019 SSA, peaked at #4845 for boys in 2023 and #16904 for girls in 2000.