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Meaning & History
This name means a hard stone can not die. In Ijebu land, which a part of the "Yoruba" race, a fine polished hard stone commonly found in the bed of rivers is called Ota. The origin of the name. There was a particular woman who was always giving birth to a male child and each time the baby dies.So, when she gave birth to the child who eventually survived, she consulted oracle and she was told that the child would live and not die because he had a destiny like that of a stone (Ota)