Oscar
\ɔs.kaʁ\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of English origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Pronunciation | \ɔs.kaʁ\ |
Origin and meaning
Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden. The modern given name is a conflation of two unrelated names: first, Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) + cara (“friend”); and second, Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from Old English ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal na
Where it is mostly given
- United States
- Italy
- Malta
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Portugal
Around the world
- CatalanÒscar
- Chinese奥斯卡
- FinnishOskari
- GreekΌσκαρ
- HungarianOszkár
- Japaneseオスカー
- PolishOskar
- CzechOskar
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: VictorDtmtc ((Nord de la France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).