Name
OSCAR

Name OSCAR

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 411,145 births of Oscar in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,958 births of children bearing the first name Oscar per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 9,513 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Oscar   
In Italiano Nome Oscar   
Available variants : Oscár , Óscar , Òscar
Variations : Oskar , Oskár , Óskar


Information about the first name Oscar

We celebrate Oscar on February 3rd
The first name Oscar is listed in our categories :The first name Oscar has been assigned to:
99.93% to boys
0.07% to girls
The country where the first name Oscar is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Oscar

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Oscar : Arcos, Caros, Osacr, Rosca, Sorca

Oscar in Japanese *

Romajiosukaa
Katakanaオスカー
Hiraganaおすかー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Oscar in Japanese
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Oscar in sign language

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Oscar in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Oscar

US English
Anagrams src :
  • AOCRs, ASROC, Carso, ROSCA, Rasco, Rocas, ocras, orcas, sacro-, sarco-
Anagrams src :
  • AOCRs, ASROC, Carso, ROSCA, Rasco, Rocas, ocras, orcas, sacro-, sarco-
Noun src :
  • oscar (plural oscars)
  • Astronotus ocellatus, a cichlid fish, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒs.kə/
Proper noun src :
  • OSCAR
  • Initialism of Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Oscar bait
  • Oscarworthy
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Oscar the Grouch
General
Noun src :
  • Oscar (plural Oscars)
  • (informal) An Academy Award.
  • A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Proper noun src :
  • Oscar
  • A male given name, variant of Oskar.
PT Portuguese
Alternative forms src :
  • Óscar
Proper noun src :
  • Oscar m
  • A male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
  • Academy Awards; Oscar
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1803.
Alternative forms src :
  • Oskar
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /¹ɔskar/
Proper noun src :
  • Oscar c (genitive Oscars)
  • A male given name.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (surnames) Oscarsson, Oskarsson
Proper noun (See also) src :
  • Ossian
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Borne by two kings, the name became very popular in 19th century Sweden. It returned to favor in the end of the 20th century, as the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade.
Irish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).
Etymology src :
  • From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (“leap, bound”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
  • (literary) warrior, hero
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
  • leap, bound; agility
  • (swimming) stroke
Pronunciation src :
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɔsˠkəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌsˠkəɾˠ/
 

Popularity of the name Oscar

Number of OSCAR births per year

Popularity of the name Oscar
Popularity of the name Oscar

Total births of Oscar by country

Births with the first name Oscar
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
199,455
281
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
52,894
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
37,659
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
22,998
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
22,546
0
ESSpain
2002 - 2019
19,544
0
SESweden
1998 - 2019
12,772
0
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
11,561
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
5,845
4
NONorway
1945 - 2019
3,844
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
3,393
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
2,644
0
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
2,515
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
2,430
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
2,424
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
2,398
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
2,110
11
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
845
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
733
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
729
2
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
561
2
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
461
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
429
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
39
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
16
0
Popularity of the name Oscar

Total births of Oscar by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Oscar
Country
Boys
Girls
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
3,334
0
USUnited State of America
2019
1,877
0
FRFrance
2019
879
0
AUAustralia
2019
704
0
SESweden
2019
426
0
ESSpain
2019
343
0
BEBelgium
2019
306
0
DKDenmark
2019
278
0
NLNetherlands
2019
170
0
BRBrazil
2010
169
0
NZNew Zealand
2019
164
0
IEIreland
2019
156
0
NONorway
2019
131
0
ITItaly
2018
113
0
ONOntario
2018
98
0
DEGermany
2018
79
0
CHSwitzerland
2019
60
0
PLPoland
2019
57
0
BCBritish Columbia
2019
49
0
ATAustria
2018
38
0
QCQuebec
2019
32
0
ABAlberta
2019
30
0
ARArgentina
2015
20
0

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Personalities with the first name Oscar

There are 436 personalities with the first name Oscar

Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Poet Playwright Author Opinion journalist Novelist Journalist Children's writer Prosaist Short story writer Essayist

Oscar Niemeyer (Oscar Ribeiro De Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho) src

Brazil
Writer Architect Politician Urban planner University teacher Designer

Óscar Arias Sánchez src

Costa rica
Politician

Oscar Pistorius src

South africa
Athletics competitor

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro src

Italy Kingdom of italy
Lawyer Politician

Gustave V De Suède (Oscar Gustav Adolf Bernadotte) src

Sweden
Tennis player

Oscar Ii De Suède src

Sweden
Monarch

Oscar (Oscar Dos Santos Emboaba Júnior) src

Brazil
Association football player

Oscar Ier De Suède src

Sweden France
Monarch Composer

Óscar Romero (Óscar Romero Y Galdámez) src

El salvador
Politician Catholic priest


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Oscar
Full list of personalities with the first name Oscar

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Oscar

There are 1551 actors and actresses with the first name Oscar
Oscar Weidner
Oscar Rosenstroem
Oscar Steer
Oscar Dietz
Oscar Kennedy
Oscar Walsøe Busch
Oscar Blanco
Oscar Zia
Oscar Dunbar
Oscar Derosa
Oscar Roberts
Oscar Copp
Oscar Reis
Oscar Mcwilliam
Oscar Lujambio
Oscar Lagerström Carlsson
Oscar Navín
Oscar Priego
Oscar Moncada
Oscar Lusth
Oscar Ramos
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Xiberta Soto
Oscar Calixto
Oscar Filho
Oscar Doviso
Oscar Ortiz De Pinedo
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar Axelrod
Oscar Romero

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Oscar
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Oscar

Rankings of first name OSCAR by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#10GB United Kingdom2019
#12BE Belgium2019
#13AU Australia2019
#16DK Denmark2019
#16NZ New Zealand2019
#22SE Sweden2019
#43IE Ireland2019
#50NO Norway2019
#75FR France2019
#84BC British Columbia2019
#96NL Netherlands2019
#98ES Spain2019
#121DE Germany2018
#140ON Ontario2018
#146CH Switzerland2019
#155PL Poland2019
#166IT Italy2018
#168AT Austria2018
#169AB Alberta2019
#188QC Quebec2019
#205US United State of America2019
#300AR Argentina2015
#606BR Brazil2010
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name OSCAR (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Oscar
OSBELOSBERTOSBORNOSBORNEOSBOURNEOSBRYANOSBURTOSCAOSCALDOOSCALINO OSCAR OSCÁRÓSCARÒSCAROSCARDIOSCAREOSCAREINOSCARGEORGEOSCARGIUSEPPEOSCARINOSCARINO

Other girls' names around Oscar
OSBALDINOOSBANDOOSBAROSBELINDAOSBENOSBEROSBERTOOSBIOSBINOSCALINA OSCAR OSCARCITOOSCARIAOSCARINAOSCARINEOSCARJOSEOSCARLINAOSCARLINDAOSCARLYOSCARSOSCASIA

Names that are phonetically close to Oscar
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OSCARE
OSCARO
OSCER
OSCZAR
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