Oscar

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) English younger form of Osgar (see ÁsgæiRR) [1] [2]

2) Irish name

a) Combination of Irish Gaelic os = 'deer' and cara/caraid = 'friend, relative' [2]

b) From an Irish name Oscur of unknown meaning [1]

Related Names

     
Oscar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Oscara ♀ Swedish
Oska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Oskar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Óskar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Oskara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Oskari ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Oskarine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Oski ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Osku ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Sami

See also Oke and Okko and Oso

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Oskar
Accusative: Oskar
Dative: Oskari
Genitive: Oskars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1803 [1]

Namesakes

Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte, (4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859), King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death

Oscar Fredrik Torp, former Prime Minister of Norway (1951-1955)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 1 17153 30402
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 3524 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1427 2206
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 1 n.a 2677
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Oscar(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Oscar(m)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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