Given name · also Old Norse
Össur
Össur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Original Old NorseǪzurr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Össur probably comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Old Norse Ǫzurr, from Proto-Germanic *Andaswaruz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Össur’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Össur has a related form in Özur. In Icelandic usage, Össur continues an earlier form in Ǫzurr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Össur
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