Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Oscar

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Oscar NamePopularityRelated NamesRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakesName Days 75%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish Mythology Pronounced Pron. /ˈɑs.kəɹ/(American English) /ˈɒs.kə/(British English) /ˈɔs.kar/(Italian, Swedish) /ˈɔs.kɑr/(Dutch) /ɔs.kaʁ/(French) [key·simplify]

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Expand Links Possibly means "deer friend", derived from Old Irish oss "deer" and carae "friend". Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name Osgar or its Old Norse cognate Ásgeirr, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet Oisín and the grandson of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson [1]. Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Other notable bearers include the Irish writer and humorist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012).

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Family Tree·Details VariantsÓscar(Portuguese) Oskar(Swedish) Oskar(Norwegian) Oskar(Danish) DiminutiveOssie(English) Other Languages & CulturesOskar(Basque) Òscar(Catalan) Oskar(Czech) Oskar(Estonian) Oskari, Oskar, Osku, Ossi(Finnish) Oskar(German) Oszkár(Hungarian) Óskar(Icelandic) Oskars(Latvian) Oskar(Polish) Oskár(Slovak) Oskar(Slovene) Óscar(Spanish) Same SpellingÓscar, Òscar

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Name Days? France: February 3

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Oscar Wilde (1882)

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