Given name

Osian

Osian is a masculine given name. It is used in Welsh.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Osian isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Osian through the years

Babies since 1880
50
50 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2017
9 babies
2025
9
#8,736 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02462025Highest share 20255.3
Osian in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,736 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Osian’s family of names

In Welsh usage, Osian has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ossian.

Walk Osian’s family in the name graph

OsianOisinOssianOisín

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Osian

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Osian, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Osahon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ezrian

13Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Yujin

16Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Yassiel

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Coehn

12Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Amillyon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Aeon

15Very rareRising

91% boys · 9% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Osian’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Osian

A sister for Osian