Boy name Swedish origin Christian tradition

Oskar

OS-kar · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
God's spear
Language
Swedish
Culture
Old Norse
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
classic · Scandinavian
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1721
2024 births96
Peak year2016
First appeared1916
Total US births3,148
2016 peak19161943197019972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
OssiOska
Alternate spellings
OskarOscar
In other languages
Oscar (English)Óscar (Spanish)

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Notable people named Oskar

Oskar Schindler (industrialist)
Oskar Kokoschka (artist)