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OSBORN
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHZ-born [key]
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Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjörn used in England, and after the Norman conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname which was derived from the given name. |
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