Given name
Ossie
“the power of God”
Ossie is a form of Oswald. One English interpretation is “the power of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ossie carries the interpretation “the power of God.” Ossie is a form of Oswald. One English interpretation is “the power of God.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Ossie is used as a form of Oswald.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ossie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,594
- 1,677 boys · 2,917 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 138 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 37% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,074 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ossie’s family of names
Ossie is a form of Oswald. Ossie has a related form in Ossea. Ossie has a related form in Ossee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ossie
- Ossie Stewartsailorborn 1954
- Ossie EnekweNigerian dramatist, poet, and novelist1942–2010
- Ossie VittAmerican baseball player (1890–1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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