ÓSkar

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  • Icelandic
Icelandic form of OSCAR.

OSCAR   male   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer friend", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "friend". Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name OSGAR or its Old Norse cognate ÁSGEIRR, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet Oisín and the grandson of the hero Fionn mac Cumhail.

This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson. Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Another notable bearer was the Irish writer and humourist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
OSGAR   male   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and gar "spear".
ASGER   male   Danish
From the Old Norse name Ásgeirr, derived from the elements áss meaning "god" and geirr meaning "spear".
EQUIVALENTS
CATALAN: Òscar
DANISH: Oscar, Oskar
DUTCH: Oscar
ENGLISH: Oscar
FINNISH: Oskari
FRENCH: Oscar
GERMAN: Oskar
HUNGARIAN: Oszkár
IRISH MYTHOLOGY: Oscar
IRISH: Oscar
ITALIAN: Oscar
LATVIAN: Oskars
NORWEGIAN: Oscar, Oskar
POLISH: Oskar
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Oscar
PORTUGUESE: Óscar
SPANISH: Óscar
SWEDISH: Oscar, Oskar
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
FINNISH: Osku
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ansgar, Ansigar
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásgeirr
ANGLO-SAXON: Osgar
CATALAN: Òscar
DANISH: Ansgar, Asger, Oscar, Oskar
DUTCH: Oscar
ENGLISH: Oscar
FINNISH: Oskari, Osku
FRENCH: Oscar
GERMAN: Ansgar, Oskar
HUNGARIAN: Oszkár
ICELANDIC: Ásgeir
IRISH MYTHOLOGY: Oscar
IRISH: Oscar
ITALIAN: Oscar
LATVIAN: Oskars
NORWEGIAN: Ansgar, Asgeir, Oscar, Oskar
POLISH: Oskar
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Oscar
PORTUGUESE: Óscar
SPANISH: Óscar
SWEDISH: Ansgar, Oscar, Oskar