Osa

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Osa 1
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. O-zə, O-sə  [key]

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown. This was the name of American explorer and documentary filmmaker Osa Johnson (1894-1953). In the case of Danish actress Osa Massen (1914-2006) it was apparently an Anglicized form of Aase, her birth name, a variant of Åse.
Added 12/30/2007 by anonymous
Edited 7/22/2012 by SeaHorse15

Osa 2
Revisions not set
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 緒沙, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. O-SAH  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Added 12/29/2016 by lilolaf
Edited 4/9/2017 by lilolaf

Osa 3
3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage Danish (Rare)

Meaning & History

Short form of names beginning with the element Os-, itself derived from Old Norse óss "god" or ǫss "heathen god".
Added 11/21/2018 by Frollein Gladys

See Also

User submission Ósa