Given name & surname · also German
Oster
Oster is a surname from German, ultimately from Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Oster comes from German, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Oster’s family of names
In English usage, Oster as a surname was borrowed from the Swedish form Öster. In Greek usage, Oster as a surname is a transliteration of Όστερ. In English usage, Oster as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Belarusian form Асцёр.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Oster has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Oster comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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