Oswald Forename
Approximately 72,431 people bear this name
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.
Read More About This ForenameOswald Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 21,290 | 1:4,541 | 481 |
| United States | 100% | 5,054 | 1:71,733 | 3,566 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,834 | 1:2,352 | 509 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,421 | 1:652 | 163 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,365 | 1:12,094 | 1,466 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,565 | 1:2,388 | 308 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,883 | 1:25,608 | 1,974 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,753 | 1:9,802 | 965 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,713 | 1:31,835 | 3,811 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,437 | 1:5,716 | 748 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,341 | 1:11,502 | 1,486 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,288 | 1:16,148 | 2,229 |
| England | 100% | 1,279 | 1:43,474 | 2,163 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,236 | 1:49,403 | 1,341 |
| Belgium | 100% | 840 | 1:13,679 | 1,260 |
| Zambia | - | 798 | 1:19,868 | 1,718 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 795 | 1:37,990 | 2,514 |
| Canada | 100% | 765 | 1:43,312 | 3,005 |
| Philippines | 100% | 733 | 1:144,624 | 7,145 |
| Malawi | 100% | 635 | 1:26,949 | 2,214 |
| Guyana | 100% | 630 | 1:1,212 | 192 |
| India | 100% | 600 | 1:2,024,797 | 105,171 |
| Gabon | - | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Bahamas | - | 517 | 1:772 | 196 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 454 | 1:2,999 | 575 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 372 | 1:58,093 | 3,619 |
| France | 100% | 357 | 1:186,191 | 3,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 357 | 1:22,836 | 2,272 |
| Benin | 100% | 349 | 1:30,303 | 2,825 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Uganda | 99% | 321 | 1:127,592 | 5,280 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 287 | 1:106,097 | 7,330 |
| Mexico | 100% | 270 | 1:459,794 | 5,395 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 257 | 1:65,767 | 4,053 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 234 | 1:758,822 | 20,760 |
| Namibia | - | 218 | 1:11,028 | 1,295 |
| Barbados | - | 206 | 1:1,407 | 329 |
| Colombia | 100% | 205 | 1:233,068 | 5,107 |
| Brazil | 100% | 183 | 1:1,170,689 | 29,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 163 | 1:141,570 | 7,806 |
| Peru | 100% | 142 | 1:223,883 | 5,565 |
| Indonesia | - | 135 | 1:1,910,842 | 99,428 |
| Wales | 100% | 134 | 1:23,092 | 1,200 |
| Haiti | 100% | 131 | 1:81,885 | 4,878 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Panama | 100% | 100 | 1:39,066 | 2,928 |
| Kenya | - | 86 | 1:538,455 | 14,567 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 85 | 1:1,313 | 230 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 83 | 1:194,077 | 3,002 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 83 | 1:2,142 | 399 |
| Congo | 100% | 81 | 1:61,842 | 4,424 |
| Belize | 100% | 79 | 1:4,485 | 927 |
| Malta | - | 74 | 1:5,802 | 734 |
| Scotland | 100% | 63 | 1:84,926 | 2,132 |
| Grenada | 100% | 60 | 1:1,802 | 381 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 59 | 1:588 | 106 |
| Chile | 87% | 52 | 1:338,600 | 4,883 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Ireland | 100% | 48 | 1:96,740 | 2,437 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Thailand | 100% | 45 | 1:1,557,018 | 48,262 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 44 | 1:417,715 | 15,019 |
| Australia | - | 42 | 1:325,181 | 6,319 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 39 | 1:154,316 | 4,422 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Czechia | 100% | 37 | 1:288,004 | 1,928 |
| Ecuador | - | 36 | 1:492,414 | 5,316 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Liberia | 100% | 36 | 1:122,557 | 4,984 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:17,087 | 1,462 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 30 | 1:158,932 | 4,109 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30 | 1:293,916 | 5,685 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 30 | 1:1,829 | 427 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24 | 1:410,746 | 11,228 |
| El Salvador | - | 22 | 1:288,263 | 3,425 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 17 | 1:2,227 | 332 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Singapore | - | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 15 | 1:122,876 | 1,568 |
| China | - | 14 | 1:97,575,413 | 64,568 |
| Israel | 95% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Spain | 100% | 13 | 1:3,579,228 | 14,309 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
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.
‘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.
From the Old German os-walt, illustrious magistrate, prefect or administrator; ‘tutor egregius’ says Wachter.
Teutonic (masculine) - Chief appointed by the gods.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Divine power.
Oswald Forename Popularity
Oswald Demographics
Oswald Religious Adherence
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Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osswald | 92 | 48 | / |
| Hoswald | 92 | 16 | / |
| Oswuald | 92 | 8 | / |
| Oshwald | 92 | 8 | / |
| Oswaldt | 92 | 6 | / |
| Oswalld | 92 | 5 | / |
| Osweald | 92 | 3 | / |
| Oswauld | 92 | 3 | / |
| Oswaldh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Oswhald | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ooswald | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ouswald | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oswaald | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oswaldd | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oschwald | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hoshwald | 86 | 1 | / |
| Houswald | 86 | 1 | / |
| Osvald | 83 | 1,649 | / |
| Aswald | 83 | 349 | / |
| Osuald | 83 | 184 | / |
| Oswalt | 83 | 91 | / |
| Oswold | 83 | 29 | / |
| Eswald | 83 | 13 | / |
| Oßwald | 83 | 11 | / |
| Oxwald | 83 | 7 | / |
| Osbald | 83 | 6 | / |
| Uswald | 83 | 6 | / |
| Osvalds | 77 | 1,638 | / |
| Auswald | 77 | 48 | / |
| Oswalte | 77 | 28 | / |
| Ashwald | 77 | 24 | / |
| Oswalth | 77 | 9 | / |
| Osvaldp | 77 | 6 | / |
| Oszvald | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ozzwald | 77 | 3 | / |
| Osvaldh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ohzwald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Euswald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswaltt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oshwold | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ochwald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Usswald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huswald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hoswalt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osvaldd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osvaald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswualt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswalts | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oshuald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ossvald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hosvald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aschwald | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hoosvald | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asvald | 67 | 17 | / |
| Aswold | 67 | 12 | / |
| Osvalt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Osvold | 67 | 4 | / |
| Asbald | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esvald | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ásvald | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ósvald | 67 | 2 | / |
| Osvaldová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Osbalt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esuald | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osveld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osbold | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aswalt | 67 | 1 | / |
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