Boy name Japanese origin Buddhist tradition

Osamu

OH-sah-moo · 5 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Disciplined; studious
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Buddhist
Style era
classic
Themes
discipline · virtue
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Popularity over time

1997 rank#10379
1997 births5
Peak year1925
First appeared1920
Total US births94
1925 peak19201939195919781997
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Osa
Alternate spellings
Osamu

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