Given name
Oscer
“a spear of the gods”·“a friend of deer”
Oscer is a variant of Oscar. Interpretations include “a spear of the gods” and “a friend of deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Oscer is a variant of Oscar. Interpretations include “a spear of the gods” and “a friend of deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Oscer is a variant of Oscar. A possible origin is Irish Gaelic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Oscer is a variant of Oscar. The history of Oscar gives this family its wider story. Oscar’s naming history includes an association with the Ossianic poems popularized in the eighteenth century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Oscer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1932.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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