Comments for the name Osvaldo

I like it when spelled with a "w", Oswaldo. Plus you can forget Oswaldo Sanchez, the best goalie around and proudly Mexican!

This name has been very popular in Spanish soap operas called "novelas" for the male protagonist.

This is my brother's name, and in the States people have a hard time pronouncing it, so he goes by Oz. Since it is a popular name of Spanish soap opera 'novela' male protagonists, it is considered highly masculine and hero-like in Latin America. Many professional athletes seem to have this name for those reasons, I'm sure.