Oscar (given name)

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Oscar
Gender Male
Language(s) Irish, English
Origin
Language(s) Irish
Derivation os + cara
Meaning "deer" + "friend"
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Oscar is a masculine given name in the English and Irish languages. Cognates include the Scottish Gaelic Osgar, and the German and Scandinavian Oskar, and the Finnish Oskari.

The name is typically stressed on the Ó in Spain and Mexico and correctly written Óscar according to Spanish orthography, though the accent Ó is sometimes lost due to typesetting issues, particularly in Latin America. This is to be distinguished from usage where the stress is on the a, "Oscár," Oscar such as is common in Cuba.

Etymology

The name may be derived from two elements in Irish: the first, os, means "deer"; the second element, cara, means "friend". The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology—Oscar, grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhail. The name is also given the Old Celtic meaning of Jumping Fighter and the Norse and American meaning of Divine Spear. The name was popularised in the 18th century by James Macpherson, creator of "Ossianic poetry". Today the name is associated with Scandinavia because Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson's work and gave the name to his godson, Joseph Bernadotte, who later became Oscar I, King of Sweden.[1] The given name Oscar is also linked with the Old English Ōsgār and the Old Norse cognate ÁSGEIRR, both of which come from Ōs/Ás -"God" and gār/geirr - "Spear"[2]

Cognates

People with the given name Oscar

People with the given name Oskar

Fictional characters with the given name Oscar or Oskar

Gambling systems with the name of Oscar

In Roulette the Oscar System, also known as the Oskar System, and the Oscar Grind System, also known as the Oskar Grind System, attempts to make one chip profit in every cycle with plus zero after a loss in the mini cycle and plus one after a win. The difference between the Oscar System and the Oscar Grind System is that the Oscar Grind System also limits mini cycle profits to just one chip.

People with the given name Oskari

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 212, 354, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 
  2. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood, ed., A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 239, ISBN 0-19-863146-4 .
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2003), A dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198606052 
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