Oscar

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.... [more]

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
ICELANDIC: Óskar
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, Oskar
FINNISH: Oskari, Osku
GERMAN: Ansgar, Oskar
HUNGARIAN: Oszkár
ICELANDIC: Ásgeir, Óskar
LATVIAN: Oskars
NORWEGIAN: Ansgar, Asgeir, Oskar
POLISH: Oskar
PORTUGUESE: Óscar
SPANISH: Óscar
SWEDISH: Ansgar, Oskar