English : from the Middle English personal name Osekin, a pet
form of the various personal names with an Old English first element
ōs ‘god’. Compare, for example, Osborn,
Osgood, and Osmond, or its Old Norse cognate
ás. For the inorganic initial H-, compare
Herrick.
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