Oz
[ɔz]Meaning
short form of Oswald and Osborn; Hebrew for "strength"
Background Story
Oz is a short form of Oswald, Osborn and other names beginning with a similar sound, with the variants Ossie, Ozzie and Ozzy. A separate Hebrew name, Oz means "strength", from the root ʿoz. The name is used in Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Slovene, among other languages.
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