Oswin Forename
88,190th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,736 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Curaçao
Oswin Forename Definition:
A male name. Old English Oswin, compound of os ‘a god’, and wine ‘friend’. Now extinct as a christian name, but remained in use until the 14th C.
Oswin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 1,323 | 1:73,075 | 1,755 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,027 | 1:51,401 | 3,719 |
| Malawi | 100% | 571 | 1:29,969 | 2,356 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 311 | 1:501 | 146 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| India | 100% | 247 | 1:4,918,534 | 189,134 |
| Austria | 100% | 218 | 1:39,056 | 1,311 |
| United States | 100% | 173 | 1:2,095,589 | 34,411 |
| Indonesia | - | 148 | 1:1,742,998 | 92,954 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 128 | 1:132,048 | 6,034 |
| South Africa | 100% | 117 | 1:466,091 | 22,847 |
| Guyana | 100% | 114 | 1:6,695 | 1,132 |
| Brazil | 100% | 111 | 1:1,930,055 | 41,145 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 99 | 1:82,347 | 7,734 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 91 | 1:177,016 | 2,867 |
| Jamaica | - | 88 | 1:32,764 | 2,194 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 75 | 1:205,651 | 12,270 |
| Mexico | 100% | 59 | 1:2,104,143 | 12,263 |
| England | 100% | 56 | 1:992,909 | 16,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 31 | 1:264,951 | 5,486 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| Zambia | - | 30 | 1:528,493 | 11,862 |
| Canada | 100% | 29 | 1:1,142,530 | 21,573 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Honduras | 100% | 28 | 1:314,910 | 5,903 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 23 | 1:314,644 | 4,015 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 21 | 1:286,587 | 6,256 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 19 | 1:1,602,628 | 49,521 |
| Philippines | 87% | 19 | 1:5,579,446 | 93,508 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 18 | 1:9,864,687 | 115,427 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Namibia | - | 11 | 1:218,562 | 5,123 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Australia | - | 8 | 1:1,707,203 | 16,445 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Italy | - | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
Oswin (1,561) may also be a surname.
Oswin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old English Oswin, compound of os ‘a god’, and wine ‘friend’. Now extinct as a christian name, but remained in use until the 14th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Skinner makes this name a Saxon compound signifying ‘beloved by his house or family.’ It seems to be etymologically the same as the Old German name Otwin, which Wachter translates ‘acquisitor divitiarum,’ i. e. one who acquires riches (ot-win).
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Beloved by the gods.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Divine friend.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Oswin Forename Popularity
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in Ireland
Sample size: 1 (1901)
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