overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

goji.

A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/US
  1. A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

Where this word comes from

^((please verify)) A marketing coinage, likely an altered pronunciation of Mandarin 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ). The earliest known usage in print was in a publication in 1996. The first usage in the LexisNexis database is a newspaper article in 2002. Wider usage began in 2003 and 2004.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

goji has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

goji studiogoji workshello, goji

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.