Ossian

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

English form of Oisín

Related Names

See Oisín

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Ossian
Genitive:	Ossians

- Finnish
Nominative:	Ossian
Genitive:	Ossianin
Partitive:	Ossiania

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Ossian
Genitive:	Ossians

- Swedish
Nominative:	Ossian
Genitive:	Ossians

Name Days

Finland

17 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

17 July

Sweden

1 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1804
• Norway: 1837 (Kinn, Sogn og Fjordane)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • -1929
  • 1900-1919

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Sydsverige
  • Nordsverige

Namesakes

• Georg Ossian Sars (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927), Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist
• Josef David Ossian Elgström (19 November 1883 - 20 June 1950), Swedish illustrator and painter

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 3625 people were named Ossian (percentage of first or only given name: 8 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		1714	3540	0	5	1714	3535
Finland		n.a.	4305	0	0	n.a.	4305
Denmark		13	n.a.	0	n.a.	13	n.a.
Norway		6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: 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.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Ossian (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.