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Origin and Meaning
Turkish form of Uthman [1] [2]
Related Names
See Uthman
Further Information
Osman is a name used among immigrants from Turkey, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 14 people were named Osman (percentage of first or only given name: 36 %) [4]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[6] |
|
1458 |
4075 |
3 |
1154 |
1455 |
2921 |
Denmark[7] |
|
695 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
695 |
n.a. |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
739 |
n.a. |
163 |
n.a. |
576 |
Norway[9] |
|
570 |
n.a. |
4 |
n.a. |
566 |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [6][7][9][8]
References
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/