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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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God or deity + power.
The Italian and Portuguese personal-name etymologies trace Late Latin Osvaldus to the Germanic family and equate Oswald. Oswald supplies the cognate deity and power components, without inferring beliefs. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald&oldid=93817838.
Germanic Oswald name family transmitted through Late Latin into Italian and Portuguese.
The Italian and Portuguese personal-name etymologies trace Late Latin Osvaldus to the Germanic family and equate Oswald. Oswald supplies the cognate deity and power components, without inferring beliefs. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald&oldid=93817838.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1998 | Boys | 5 | 1875 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2013 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 5052 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 1999 | Girls | 7 | 11385 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 130 | 1401 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The Italian and Portuguese personal-name etymologies trace Late Latin Osvaldus to the Germanic family and equate Oswald. Oswald supplies the cognate deity and power components, without inferring beliefs. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald&oldid=93817838. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Italian and Portuguese personal-name etymologies trace Late Latin Osvaldus to the Germanic family and equate Oswald. Oswald supplies the cognate deity and power components, without inferring beliefs. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald&oldid=93817838. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
