67%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Literature Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Oisín used by James Macpherson in his 18th-century poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends. In the poems Ossian is the son of Fingal, and serves as the narrator. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesOisín, Osheen(Irish) Oisín, Oissíne(Irish Mythology) Oissíne(Old Irish) Name DaysName Days? Finland: July 17Sweden: December 1 Categories animals, deer, fauna, literature, littleness, variants