Oscar
[ˈɒskər]Meaning
possibly from Old Irish oss "deer" and carae "friend", or from Old English Osgar
Background Story
Oscar is a masculine given name of English, Old Norse and Irish origin. It possibly means "deer friend", from Old Irish oss "deer" and carae "friend", or it may derive from the Old English name Osgar or its Old Norse cognate. The name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson, and it is used in Basque, Catalan, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and English.
Temperament
Variations
Oskar
Related Names
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Oskar
Form of Oscar in several languages
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