Given name & surname
Oswell
“the power of God”
Oswell is a variant of Oswald. One English interpretation is “the power of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Oswell is a variant of Oswald. One English interpretation is “the power of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Oswell is a variant of Oswald. An origin associated with Oswald is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oswell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 84 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 10 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 7 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 340 as a surname in 2020.
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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