Oswald Forename

13,491st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 72,431 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Oswald Forename Definition:

A male name. Old English Osweald, compound of os ‘a god’, and weald ‘power’. There was a corresponding Norse name Asvald. St Oswald (605-42), King of Northumbria, and St Oswald (d. 992), Archbishop of York, no doubt helped to establish the popularity of the name, which has never (like most of the Old English names in Os-) gone out of use.

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Oswald Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
21,2901:4,541481
United States
100%
5,0541:71,7333,566
Rwanda-4,8341:2,352509
Jamaica-4,4211:652163
Tanzania
100%
4,3651:12,0941,466
Austria
100%
3,5651:2,388308
DR Congo
99%
 
2,8831:25,6081,974
Ghana
100%
2,7531:9,802965
South Africa
100%
1,7131:31,8353,811
Switzerland
100%
1,4371:5,716748
Zimbabwe
100%
1,3411:11,5021,486
Sri Lanka-1,2881:16,1482,229
England
100%
1,2791:43,4742,163
Italy
100%
1,2361:49,4031,341
Belgium
100%
8401:13,6791,260
Zambia-7981:19,8681,718
Venezuela
100%
7951:37,9902,514
Canada
100%
7651:43,3123,005
Philippines
100%
7331:144,6247,145
Malawi
100%
6351:26,9492,214
Guyana
100%
6301:1,212192
India
100%
6001:2,024,797105,171
Gabon-5611:3,357747
Saudi Arabia-5251:58,6916,867
Bahamas-5171:772196
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
4541:2,999575
Cameroon
100%
3721:58,0933,619
France
100%
3571:186,1913,126
Papua New Guinea
99%
 
3571:22,8362,272
Benin
100%
3491:30,3032,825
Togo-3301:21,9373,753
Uganda
99%
 
3211:127,5925,280
Malaysia
98%
 
2871:106,0977,330
Mexico
100%
2701:459,7945,395
Netherlands
100%
2571:65,7674,053
Nigeria
100%
2341:758,82220,760
Namibia-2181:11,0281,295
Barbados-2061:1,407329
Colombia
100%
2051:233,0685,107
Brazil
100%
1831:1,170,68929,225
Ivory Coast
99%
 
1631:141,5707,806
Peru
100%
1421:223,8835,565
Indonesia-1351:1,910,84299,428
Wales
100%
1341:23,0921,200
Haiti
100%
1311:81,8854,878
Suriname
100%
1151:4,8071,027
Dominican Republic-1111:93,9754,991
Bahrain-1041:12,9682,016
Swaziland-1031:12,6231,554
Panama
100%
1001:39,0662,928
Kenya-861:538,45514,567
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
851:1,313230
Guatemala
100%
831:194,0773,002
Saint Lucia
99%
 
831:2,142399
Congo
100%
811:61,8424,424
Belize
100%
791:4,485927
Malta-741:5,802734
Scotland
100%
631:84,9262,132
Grenada
100%
601:1,802381
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
591:588106
Chile
87%
 
521:338,6004,883
Burundi
100%
491:202,175572
Ireland
100%
481:96,7402,437
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Thailand
100%
451:1,557,01848,262
Antigua and Barbuda-441:2,259487
Burkina Faso
100%
441:417,71515,019
Australia-421:325,1816,319
Nicaragua
100%
391:154,3164,422
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
Czechia
100%
371:288,0041,928
Ecuador-361:492,4145,316
Ethiopia
100%
361:2,710,0049,023
Liberia
100%
361:122,5574,984
Solomon Islands
100%
341:17,0871,462
Aruba-331:3,145634
Costa Rica
100%
301:158,9324,109
Honduras
100%
301:293,9165,685
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
301:1,829427
Sweden
100%
241:410,74611,228
El Salvador-221:288,2633,425
Seychelles-191:4,877888
United States Virgin Islands-181:6,097946
Liechtenstein-171:2,227332
Botswana-161:136,52810,720
Norway
100%
161:320,7716,812
Singapore-161:392,94110,341
Northern Ireland
100%
151:122,8761,568
China-141:97,575,41364,568
Israel
95%
 
141:600,20810,774
United Arab Emirates-141:510,85717,236
Hong Kong-131:596,3634,636
Spain
100%
131:3,579,22814,309
Oman-121:342,3894,330
Taiwan
100%
121:1,980,80751,381
Argentina
100%
101:4,277,32411,519
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
Curaçao-81:19,475726
Denmark-81:706,1879,598
Hungary
100%
81:1,223,9713,159
Jersey-81:12,498955
Pakistan
100%
81:24,294,710113,215
Montserrat-71:69783
Puerto Rico-71:507,1863,923
Senegal
100%
71:2,083,05113,702
Romania-61:3,341,99626,471
Greece
100%
51:2,186,91011,382
Paraguay
100%
51:1,447,3618,023
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Finland
100%
41:1,370,79611,464
Luxembourg
100%
41:141,0122,772
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
New Caledonia
100%
41:67,5412,087
Sierra Leone-41:1,772,166913
Slovakia
100%
41:1,327,5164,597
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Vanuatu-41:65,448976
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Anguilla-21:6,628945
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Iceland
100%
21:183,0085,215
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Vietnam
100%
11:92,623,11310,484

Oswald (65,040) may also be a surname.

Oswald Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old English Osweald, compound of os ‘a god’, and weald ‘power’. There was a corresponding Norse name Asvald. St Oswald (605-42), King of Northumbria, and St Oswald (d. 992), Archbishop of York, no doubt helped to establish the popularity of the name, which has never (like most of the Old English names in Os-) gone out of use. The surnames Oswald, Oswell, Oswill are derived from it. In the 16th, 17th, and 18th C the christian name Oswald is found in the forms Oswell, Oswall, or Ozwell. It has been in regular use in the Mosley family since the end of the 16th C.

Osuuald, Osuualdus, Osuuold, Osuuoldus, Osuuol Domesday Book 1086. Osewold Chaucer Cant Tales c. 1387. Oswold Early S. English Legendary, 14th C (E.E.T.S. 87). Oswell Church Registers of St. Antholin, Budge Row, 1538-1754 1540. Oswall Church Registers of St. Mary Aldermary, 1558-1754 1620. Ozwell Canterbury Cathedral Registers 1744.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

‘Aasvalldr, divine power, was in Germany Ansvalt... Asvald; but the Anglo-Saxon Oswald was the glory of the name in the Northumbrian monarch (d. 642), “free of hand,” as even his Welsh foes called him’ (Yonge); he has been canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

From the Old German os-walt, illustrious magistrate, prefect or administrator; ‘tutor egregius’ says Wachter.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Teutonic (masculine) - Chief appointed by the gods.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: Divine power.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Oswald Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osswald9248/
Hoswald9216/
Oswuald928/
Oshwald928/
Oswaldt926/
Oswalld925/
Osweald923/
Oswauld923/
Oswaldh922/
Oswhald922/
Ooswald921/
Ouswald921/
Oswaald921/
Oswaldd921/
Oschwald861/
Hoshwald861/
Houswald861/
Osvald831,649/
Aswald83349/
Osuald83184/
Oswalt8391/
Oswold8329/
Eswald8313/
Oßwald8311/
Oxwald837/
Osbald836/
Uswald836/
Osvalds771,638/
Auswald7748/
Oswalte7728/
Ashwald7724/
Oswalth779/
Osvaldp776/
Oszvald776/
Ozzwald773/
Osvaldh772/
Ohzwald771/
Euswald771/
Oswaltt771/
Oshwold771/
Ochwald771/
Usswald771/
Huswald771/
Hoswalt771/
Osvaldd771/
Osvaald771/
Oswualt771/
Oswalts771/
Oshuald771/
Ossvald771/
Hosvald771/
Aschwald711/
Hoosvald711/
Asvald6717/
Aswold6712/
Osvalt6711/
Osvold674/
Asbald672/
Esvald672/
Ásvald672/
Ósvald672/
Osvaldová672/
Osbalt672/
Esuald671/
Osveld671/
Osbold671/
Aswalt671/

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