Oswald name - Meaning of Oswald
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 2
- Usage
- English, German, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic
- Pronounced
- AHZ-wawld (English) , AWS-vahlt (German)
- Oswald Meaning
- Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "rule". Saint Oswald was a king of Northumbria who introduced Christianity to northeast England in the 7th century before being killed in battle. There was also an Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr in use in England, being borne by the 10th-century Saint Oswald of Worcester, who was of Danish ancestry. Though the name had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, it was revived in the 19th century. Oswald originates in Old English language and means "God"s rule". As a masculine given name it is rather rare these days in the United States. It functions as a surname as well, the infamous bearer being Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of the former US President John F. Kennedy.
Oswald Related Names
Diminutives: Oz, Ozzie, Ozzy (English)
Other Languages: Ásvaldr (Ancient Scandinavian), Osvald (Danish), Osvaldo (Italian), Osvald (Norwegian), Osvaldo (Portuguese), Ožbalt, Ožbej (Slovene), Osvaldo (Spanish), Osvald (Swedish)
Oswald Celebrities
Oswald Achenbach - artist, Oswald Mosley - politician,
