Oswald name meaning
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What does Oswald mean?
Primarily used in French, Danish, Low German, Finnish, English, German, Swedish and Norwegian persistent and celebrated, Oswald aimed at boys which originated from Germanic and Old High German, meaning of Oswald is "Divinely Powerful, Name of a King, God of the Forest, One Who Governs or Divine Power Rule of God".
Oswald is variation of Answald. Answald is variant of everlasting and popular Oswald. Also Answald is spelling variant of AS;VALD. Answald means God and Prevail is rooted from Old High German and Germanic..
Also Oswald is English form of Osweald. Oswald is celebrated on August 5.
How do I pronounce Oswald?
The most common pronunciation of three syllabled Oswald is o-swa-ld. There are multiple ways to say the baby name, i.e., os-wald or awz-wall-d.
Variants of Oswald
Answald, Osveald, Ossie, Osweald
How popular is the name Oswald?
A common name in United States with over 4013 new-borns have been given the name since 1880. Recently the moniker is on a rise, in 1886, 107 boys were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 451st position.
In addition to that, the given name has been in Oswald is a unique baby name in France, it has been in use since 1900 and was able to reach the top 400 names.
In 1919, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 306 on boy names chart when 26 babies were named Oswald. Over 826 babies in France have been named Oswald.
Oswald is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales where it has been in use since 2002 and achieved its top ranking of 1627 in 2016.
Over 102 people have been named Oswald in England and Wales. But Oswald is a popular baby name in Germany where every 1 in 5000 have the name. At least, 60000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our research.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2876 | 41 |
| 2017 | 3050 | 38 |
| 2016 | 3202 | 35 |
| 2015 | 3970 | 26 |
| 2014 | 3781 | 27 |
Facts
Oswald in Nordic countries
| Countries | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Secondary Name | First Name | Secondary Name | |
 | 170 | 288 | 0 | 10 |
 | 150 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
Numerological analysis of Oswald
The letter O as your cornerstone reveals your strong attitude, determination, and ability to overcome everything no matter how hard the situation is. Liberating from your self-imposed restrictions will affect your life in a positive rather than negative way as you assume. You are a person of many talents. You love your family but never show it. Most people are just jealous of your willingness to live out of the ordinary and do the things you want to do.
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Famous people named Oswald
- Oswald of Northumbria, particular cult in the Middle Ages
- Oswald Myconius, was Swiss Protestant theologian and Protestant reformer
- Oswald von Nell-Breuning, Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist
- Oswald Tschirtner, artist from Austria who had schizophrenia
- Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist and editor of the 'New York Evening Post
- Oswald Lohse, German astronomer
- Oswald Szemerényi, Hungarian Indo-Europeanist with strong interests in comparative linguistics
- Oswald Balzer, Polish historian of law and statehood
- Oswald Stoll, Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company
- Oswald Rufeisen, Polish-born Jew
- Oswald Baker, controversial Roman Catholic priest
- Oswald Hope Robertson, English-born medical scientist
- Oswald Jacoby, and an uncle of activist and author Susan Jacoby
- Oswald Houston, merchant as well as the first treasurer of the city of Atlanta
- Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet
- Oswald Hanfling, German philosopher
- Oswald Duda, German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera
- Oswald Kabasta, Austrian conductor
- Oswald Raynor Arthur, British colonial administrator
- Oswald Sigg, Swiss journalist
- Oswald Skippings, politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Oswald Haselrieder, Italian national of Austrian descent luger
- Oswald Wynd, Scottish writer
- Oswald Wirth, Swiss occultist, artist and author
- Oswald A. W. Dilke, classical scholar and philologist
- Oswald Sanderson, American businessman, best
- Oswald Hoffmann, Dr
- Oswald William Moosmuller, noted Benedictine monk and author
- Oswald Durand, Haitian poet and politician
- Oswald Cawley, British soldier and Liberal Party politician
- Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale, Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom
- Oswald Schmiedeberg, Baltic German pharmacologist
- Oswald Barron, journalist and scholar on heraldic and genealogical subjects
- Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby, British peer and philanthropist for blind people
- Oswald Holmberg, Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor
- Oswald Carver, British rower
- Oswald LeWinter, Austrian-born American author and poet
- Oswald Rantucci, highly respected Classical Guitar teacher at The State University of New York at Buffalo
- Oswald of East Anglia, was king of East Anglia
- Oswald Tower, editor of the Official Basketball Guide and an official rules interpreter
- Oswald Tesimond, Jesuit
- Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher of history whose interests included mathematics
- Oswald Avery, Oswald Theodore Avery Jr
- Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician
- Oswald Veblen, American mathematician, geometer and topologist
- Oswald of Selsey, for short
- Oswald Külpe, was one of the structural psychologists of the late 19th and early 20th century
- Oswald of Worcester, was Archbishop of York
- Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., Oswald Garrison "Mike" Villard Jr
- Oswald Gracias, Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Oswald Mosley, British politician
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, as depicted after returning to The Walt Disney Company
- Oswald von Wolkenstein, poet, composer and diplomat
- Oswald Boelcke, German flying ace of the First World War credited with 40 victories; he was one of the most influential patrol leaders and tacticians of the early years of air combat
- Oswald Achenbach, German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting
- Oswald Pohl, German SS functionary during the Nazi era
- Oswald West, American politician, a Democrat
- Oswald Heer, Swiss geologist and naturalist
- Oswald Chambers, early twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher
Lists having Oswald
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- Baby Names that mean One
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