Ozzy

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Variant of OZZIE.

OZZIE   male   English
Diminutive of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.
OSWALD   male   English, German, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "power, ruler". Saint Oswald was a king of Northumbria who introduced Christianity to northeast England in the 7th century before being killed in battle. There was also an Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr in use in England, being borne by the 10th-century Saint Oswald of Worcester, who was of Danish ancestry. Though the name had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, it was revived in the 19th century.
OSBORN   male   English
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjörn used in England, and after the Norman conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Osborn, Oswald
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ansovald
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásbjörn, Ásvaldr, Bjarni
ANGLO-SAXON: Osbeorn, Oswald
DANISH: Asbjørn, Bjarne, Ebbe, Esben, Espen, Osvald
ENGLISH: Oz, Ozzie
GERMAN: Oswald
ICELANDIC: Ásbjörn, Bjarni
ITALIAN: Ansaldo, Osvaldo
NORWEGIAN: Asbjørn, Bjarne, Ebbe, Esben, Espen, Osvald
PORTUGUESE: Osvaldo
SLOVENE: Ožbalt, Ožbej
SPANISH: Osvaldo
SWEDISH: Asbjörn, Bjarne, Ebbe, Esbjörn, Osvald
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Ebba
NORWEGIAN: Ebba
SWEDISH: Ebba
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Osborne, Osbourne