Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Old English form of Oswald.

Related Names

Rootsos + weald
Other Languages & CulturesOsvald(Danish) Oswald, Ossie, Oz, Ozzie, Ozzy(English) Oswald(German) Ansoald(Germanic) Osvaldo, Ansaldo(Italian) Osvald(Norwegian) Ansuwaldaz(Old Germanic) Ásvaldr(Old Norse) Osvaldo, Oswaldo(Portuguese) Ožbalt, Ožbej(Slovene) Osvaldo, Oswaldo(Spanish) Osvald(Swedish)

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Sources & References

  1. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 378.
  2. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
Entry added December 7, 2022