Updated February 29, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Divinely powerful

Boy name variations

Oswell

Oswell

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Ossie

Ossie

- 17% this year
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Ozzie

Ozzie

+ 26% this year
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Oswall

Oswall

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Oswaldo

Oswaldo

- 13% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Oswald

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish, northern English, and German : from an Old English personal name composed of the elements ōs ‘god’ + weald ‘power’. In the Middle English period, this fell together with the less common Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr. The name was introduced to Germany from England, as a result of the fame of St. Oswald, a 7th-century king of Northumbria, whose deeds were reported by Celtic missionaries to southern Germany. The name was also borne by a 10th-century English saint of Danish parentage, who was important as a monastic reformer.
  • Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa (see Hussey 1).