Oswell Forename

99,328th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,748 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Oswell Forename Definition:

M. The first element is that of Oswald, but I am not sure about -well: it may be a thinning of wald (as in Oswald) or, less probably, a corruption of Teutonic welf, ‘a wolf,’ or a variant of the word forming the surname Weld (‘a weald’ or ‘wold’).

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Oswell Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia-1,8351:8,640993
Zimbabwe
100%
1,5641:9,8621,328
Malawi
100%
6981:24,5162,075
Ghana
50%
 
2251:119,9394,817
South Africa
100%
1861:293,18616,710
United States
100%
851:4,265,14156,002
Venezuela
100%
501:604,03815,223
Israel
 
94%
191:442,2599,252
England
100%
101:5,560,29248,776
Peru
100%
91:3,532,38429,289
Philippines
100%
61:17,668,246211,341
India
100%
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Botswana
100%
41:546,11213,807
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
31:37,1933,592
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Nigeria
100%
31:59,188,120318,216
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Colombia
100%
21:23,889,46363,722
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Nicaragua-21:3,009,16824,322
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Indonesia-21:128,981,8341,206,875
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208

Oswell (1,681) may also be a surname.

Oswell Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

M. The first element is that of Oswald, but I am not sure about -well: it may be a thinning of wald (as in Oswald) or, less probably, a corruption of Teutonic welf, ‘a wolf,’ or a variant of the word forming the surname Weld (‘a weald’ or ‘wold’).

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Oswell Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osswell9216/
Hoswell9211/
Oshwell924/
Ouswell921/
Oswuell921/
Oswhell921/
Oswel91491/
Hosswell861/
Aswell832,420/
Eswell83271/
Oswill8330/
Oxwell8318/
Oswuel8317/
Osbell8313/
Hoswel837/
Uswell834/
Oswael831/
Oshwel831/
Osweel831/
Haswell774,338/
Ashwell771,285/
Auswell77428/
Eshwell7722/
Asswell778/
Oshwill776/
Huswell774/
Heswell772/
Hoswuel771/
Esswell771/
Oswelth771/
Ochwell771/
Odswill771/
Hozwell771/
Hoswele771/
Ozzwell771/
Hoxwell771/
Osbel731,999/
Aswel73113/
Oswil7350/
Osuel7324/
Eswel7313/
Oxwel738/
Ozwel733/
Uswel731/
Gushwell716/
Gooswill713/
Hasswell713/
Hashwell712/
Aschwell712/
Goswilll711/
Eschwell711/
Ashweill711/
Oshwille711/
Ahaswell711/
Haswel671,268/
Axwell6754/
Aswelh6729/
Ashwel6728/
Eswill6725/
Asbell6725/
Oswail6713/
Hosbel6712/
Aswill6712/
Asweel679/
Osbeel674/
Oswuil673/
Osbill673/
Hosuel672/
Auswel672/
Gosuel672/
Eshwel672/
Aswoel671/
Oswayl671/
Guswel671/
Asweil671/
Aswele671/
Esweel671/
Uzwell671/
Oxwill671/
Ousbel671/
Ossbel671/
Ossuel671/
Oswyld671/
Oszuel671/
Oisbel671/
Ochwel671/
Ozwill671/
Asweal671/
Gaswel671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Oswell