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Osana f Medieval BasqueOf uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Basque
otzan "tame" or a derivation from Basque
otso "wolf".
Osana f JapaneseFrom Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osana f Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)Derived from the Old English elements
os "god" and
āna "sole, alone". This name was borne by Saint Osana, a Northumbrian princess whose local following as a saint developed informally after her death, though she was never officially canonised... [
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Osane f JapaneseFrom Japanese 綜 (osa) meaning "arrange threads for weaving" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osao m JapaneseFrom Japanese 治 (osa) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" combined with 雄 (o) meaning "male". This name can be formed with other kanji combinations as well.
Osasuke m JapaneseFrom Japanese 魁 (osa) meaning "chief, leader" combined with 輔 (suke) meaning "help" or 佑 (suke) meaning "to assist; to help; to protect". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osata m JapaneseFrom Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osataka m JapaneseFrom Japanese 魁 (osa) meaning "chief" combined with 岳 (taka) meaning "mountain peak". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osato m JapaneseFrom Japanese 治 (osa) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osaya m JapaneseFrom Japanese 修 (osa) meaning "study, discipline" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". This name can be formed with other kanji combinations as well.
Osayuki m JapaneseFrom Japanese 魁 (osa) meaning "chief" combined with 進 (yuki) meaning "advance, make progress, enter". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Osazee m EdoThis is a religious name. It deals with Osanobua, the creator god, intervention from Edo mythology. There are different meanings apparently. In the case of Osazee one is "God's chosen one." Another case for Osazee is "Osanobua has reconciled us." In the case of Osaze its "God delivered me." In the Osaze situation it deals with conflict and family stress... [
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Osazuwa m Bini, AfricanOrigin from Edo State of Nigeria, West Africa..it means God has chosen wealth for me
Osbald m Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
os "god" and
beald "bold, brave". This name was borne by an 8th-century king of Northumbria.
Osceola m History, Creek (Anglicized)Anglicized form of Creek
Asi Yahola meaning "black drink singer" from
asi, the name of a ritual beverage, and
yahola "shouter". It was borne by a 19th-century Seminole leader.
Ose m & f EsanMeans "god" in Esan. This is also the short form of names that begin in this element.
Osebo m AkanOsebo is a LEOPARD in the ancient stories of Ananse, the "Spider Man". He was PHYSICALLY STRONG.
Oselie f Norwegian (Archaic)Variant of
Åselie. In some cases, however, it may have been a borrowing of the stage name of the Norwegian opera singer Gina Oselio (Ingeborg Mathilde Laura Aas, 1858-1937), who had based it on the Norwegian surname
Aas.
Oser m YiddishFrom Hebrew
עוֹזֵר (ozér) "aide, assistant".
Osgeard m Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English elements
os "god" and
geard "yard, garden" (from
gardaz). Cognate to Old Norse
Ásgærðr, which is a feminine name in contrast.
Osgod m Anglo-SaxonOld English form of Old Norse
Ásgautr. A notable bearer was Osgod Clapa, a nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England and major landowner in East Anglia.
Osh m Sanskrit, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Indian, Hinduism, Sinhalese, Bengali, Malayalam, Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, American, Marathi, Gujarati, FijianMeans-shining, combustion, burning
Oshae m & f African AmericanPerhaps a variant of
Oshea. This is borne by Oshae Brissett (1998-), a Canadian basketball player of Jamaican descent. A female bearer is American boxer Oshae Jones (1998-).
Osham m IndianMEANING - with ardour, eagerly, quickly, while burning ... [
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Oshik m YiddishOshik, also rarely seen as Ushach is a Yiddish/Hebrew form of the name Yehoshua.
Oshin m ArmenianEtymology uncertain, perhaps from
օշինդր (oshindr) meaning "wormwood".
Oshna f Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Malayalam, Kannada, Hinduism, Hindi, American, Fijian, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, AssameseMEANING - a little warm, tepid ... [
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Oshri m & f Hebrew (Modern)Means "my happiness" in Hebrew, variant of the name
Osher. Famous bearer is the actor Oshri Cohen (born 1984)
Osh-tisch f & m Sioux (Rare)Means "Finds Them and Kills Them" in Crow, from the verb
óhchikaapi ("find"). Osh-Tisch was a Crow badé, a male-bodied person in a Crow community who took part in some of the social and ceremonial roles usually filled by women in that culture.
Osiah m MelungeonAppalachian Melungeon name meaning salvation, name of the first human in some minor Melungeon religions.
Osita m IgboOsita is a shorter form of Osita di nma which means from today onwards it will be better.
Ósk f Old Norse, IcelandicOld Norse name, directly from Old Norse
ósk meaning "wish". This is related to
Óski, one of the names of the Norse god
Odin, and is found in
ósk-mær or "wish-maiden", a common epithet of the Valkyries.
Oslaf m Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
os "god" and
lāf "legacy, remains" (from
laibō). This name was borne by a son of Æthelfrith, who was King of Bernicia from c. 593 until his death c. 616.
Oslafa f Anglo-SaxonFeminine form of
Oslaf. This name was borne by the wife of Æthelfrith, King of Bernicia, who was the mother of Domne Eafe.
Oslo m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern)From the name of the capital city of Norway (see
Oslo). It was used for a character in the 2017 television series
Money Heist (original Spanish title
La casa de papel), about a team of nine robbers who adopt city names as pseudonyms for anonymity.
O'sma f UzbekDerived from the name of a kohl-like plant and its dye.
Osma m Finnish (Rare)Variant of
Osmo. 'Osma' is also another word for "wolverine" (mostly known as 'ahma' in Finnish).
Osmanne f French (Archaic)French form of
Osmanna, common in the area around Féricy in the region of Île-de-France in the 1600s and 1700s thanks to saint Osmanne who is the patron saint of Féricy.
Ošmari m MariDerived from
oš meaning "white" and
marij meaning "man".
Osmo m FinnishFrom a poetic term meaning "fiancé" or "young man", called both
osmo and
osma in Finnish.
Oso m Popular CultureName of character in Disney's Special Agent Oso and means "bear" in Spanish.
Ösökhbayar m MongolianFrom Mongolian өсөх
(ösökh) meaning "to grow, increase, thrive" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Osor m & f BuryatMeans "spread of light" in Buryat.
Osor m & f MongolianFrom Tibetan འོད་ཟེར
('od zer) meaning "ray of light, radiance".
Osorkon m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
wsr-kn, of uncertain etymology. It could be of Libyan origin, or it could derive from Egyptian
wsr "mighty, powerful" or the name of the god
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Ösp f IcelandicMeans "aspen tree" in Icelandic, from Old Norse
ǫsp.
Ošpajko m MariDerived from
oš meaning "white" and probably
baj meaning "rich".
Ospan m KazakhKazakh form of
Uthman, though the name can also be interpreted to be derived from Persian آسمان
(âsmân) "sky, heaven".
Osra f LiteratureFeminine form of
Osric. Used in Anthony Hope's novels The Prisoner of Zenda and The Heart of Princess Osra.
Osræd m Anglo-SaxonOriginal form of
Osred derived from the elements
os "god" and
ræd "counsel, advise" meaning "god's counsel, advised by god, god's advice"... [
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Osrun f GermanicName based on the Old High German elements "ans" (transferred to "os", meaning engl. "god") and "run / rúna" (engl. "rune" or "secret").
Ossawa m English (Modern)Derived from the town of Osawatomie, Kansas. A famous bearer was the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Ossinissa m GuancheDerived from Guanche
*ussiniẓẓa, meaning "he who makes fair reasoning". This was the name of a king from the island of El Hierro in the mid-15th century.
Ostara f Germanic Mythology (Hypothetical)Hypothetical Old High German form of the name of a Germanic goddess of fertility and spring (probably originally of sunrise, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox), reconstructed by linguist Jacob Grimm... [
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Ostasio m Medieval ItalianName of unknown origin. Ostasio I, II and III da Polenta were lords of Ravenna in the 1300s and 1400s.
Osterlind f Medieval GermanA dithematic name form from the Germanic name element
ost "east" and
linta "linden tree, lime; shield (made of lime wood); gentle, soft".
Ostertag m Medieval GermanApparently from the Proto-Germanic elements
*austrą "east" (Old High German
*ōst, Modern German
Ost or
Osten) and
*dagaz "day" (Old High German
tag, Modern German
Tag).... [
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Ostrogniew m PolishDerived from Proto-Slavic
ostrъ "sharp" (compare Polish
ostro "sharply" and Polish
ostry "sharp") combined with Polish
gniew "anger" (which is derived from Slavic
gnev "anger").
Ostrogotha m GothicOstrogotha was a leader of the eastern Goths in the Ukraine, who invaded Roman Moesia during the Crisis of the Third Century, mentioned by the 6th-century historian Jordanes. Jordanes' account differs from those of Zosimus and Joannes Zonaras, who do not mention Ostrogotha, and therefore his existence was questioned... [
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Ostromir m PolishThe first element of this name is derived from Proto-Slavic
ostrъ "sharp" (compare Polish
ostro "sharply" and Polish
ostry "sharp"). The second element is derived from Slavic
mir "peace".
Osuitok m & f InuitKnown bearer is Inuit sculptor Osuitok Ipeelee.
Osukaru m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 御 (o) meaning "imperial", 巣 (su) meaning "nest, hive", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [
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Ósvífr m IcelandicOld Norse variant form of
Úsvífr, a combination of
svífr = "to swerve, drift" with the negative prefix U.
Ošvuj m MariDerived from
oš meaning "white" and
vuj meaning "white".
Oswudu m Anglo-SaxonDerived from the Old English elements
os "god" and
wudu "tree, wood". This was the name of a son of Æthelfrith, King of Bernicia.
Oswulf m Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
os "god" and
wulf "wolf". This name was borne by an 8th-century king of Northumbria.
Oswy m Anglo-SaxonOswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (Old English: Ōswīg) (c. 612 – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 until his death. One of the sons of Æthelfrith of Bernicia, he became king following the death of his brother Oswald in 642... [
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Osyth f Medieval EnglishMedieval form of the Old English name
Ósgýð, derived from the elements
ós "god" and
gyð "war" (perhaps meaning "divine war"). Saint Osyth was a martyr of the 7th century, an Anglian princess who founded a monastery at the village Chich in Essex, which was renamed St Osyth... [
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Ot m DutchDutch form of
Odo; in some instances, the name is also a short form of
Adrianus.