Given name & surname

Osvalds

Osvalds is a masculine given name from Old English. It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Osvalds comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Osvalds’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Osvalds shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form OSVALDAS. In Latvian usage, Osvalds has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Osvaldo. In Latvian usage, Osvalds has a conventional equivalent in the English form Oswald.

Walk Osvalds’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Osvalds has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.

Old English

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

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

People named Osvalds

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Old English

Oxnard

Oxnard is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Onley

“only, alone”

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92% boys · 8% girls

Old English

Offord

“up”

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>99% boys

Old English

Eaves

“at the border, edge”

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Old English

Osterley

“sheep barn”

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Old English

Ogborn

“stream”

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Old English

Oldknow

“old”

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Old English

Owston

“east”

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Sibling ideas

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