Osbert Forename
Approximately 8,961 people bear this name
Osbert Forename Definition:
A male name. Old English Osbeorht, compound of os ‘a god’ (a word which is not recorded except in compounds) and beorht ‘bright’. It was principally a Northumbrian name in the Old English period and survived the Norman Conquest, being reinforced by Norman French Osbert from cognate Old German Ansobert; it was not uncommon in the 12th-14th C, is found occasionally in later centuries, was revived, with other Old English names, in the 19th C, and is now fairly common again.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 99% | 5,376 | 1:7,618 | 831 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,292 | 1:20,887 | 1,554 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 324 | 1:162,927 | 7,443 |
| Zambia | - | 245 | 1:64,713 | 3,668 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 242 | 1:733,737 | 20,316 |
| United States | 100% | 234 | 1:1,549,303 | 28,198 |
| Jamaica | - | 174 | 1:16,570 | 1,517 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 113 | 1:136,494 | 9,143 |
| Philippines | 100% | 111 | 1:955,040 | 26,382 |
| Indonesia | - | 99 | 1:2,605,694 | 124,548 |
| Grenada | 100% | 88 | 1:1,229 | 247 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| India | 100% | 67 | 1:18,132,507 | 443,376 |
| Guyana | 100% | 63 | 1:12,115 | 1,758 |
| England | 100% | 49 | 1:1,134,753 | 17,965 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 40 | 1:34,035 | 3,464 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 37 | 1:816,267 | 18,733 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 34 | 1:895,586 | 32,752 |
| Canada | - | 27 | 1:1,227,162 | 22,440 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 24 | 1:4,649 | 822 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 18 | 1:3,048 | 632 |
| Germany | 100% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Peru | 100% | 11 | 1:2,890,132 | 25,809 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9 | 1:6,059,183 | 119,004 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4 | 1:17,516,453 | 200,944 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Brazil | - | 2 | 1:107,118,077 | 571,487 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
Osbert (166) may also be a surname.
Osbert Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old English Osbeorht, compound of os ‘a god’ (a word which is not recorded except in compounds) and beorht ‘bright’. It was principally a Northumbrian name in the Old English period and survived the Norman Conquest, being reinforced by Norman French Osbert from cognate Old German Ansobert; it was not uncommon in the 12th-14th C, is found occasionally in later centuries, was revived, with other Old English names, in the 19th C, and is now fairly common again.
Osbert, Osbertus Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066, Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1196-1220, Feudal Aids 1284, 1303, 1363. Hosbertus Feudal Aids 1285.
M., like the German f. Osberta, derives from the Teutonic and means ‘divinely bright’; names in ans, as, and os testify to ‘the idea of deity’, those in bert to ‘brightness’ (A. -S. beorhtnis). Osbert is now rare, but it is notable as the ‘Christian’ of a brilliant member of a brilliant literary family.
Teutonic (masculine) - Divinely bright.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Divinely bright.
Osbert Forename Popularity
Osbert Demographics
Average Osbert Salary in
United States
$54,528 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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