English Meaning: The name Osbert is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Osbert is: Divinely brilliant.
Osborne /ˈɒzbÉ”Ërn/, along with Osbourne, Osbern, Osborn and Ausburn, is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Ãsbjørn. The name means "God Bear". The English Os (see Ós) and the Norse Ãs (see Aesir) mean God.
Osborne Name Meaning. English: from the Old Norse personal name Ãsbjorn, composed of the elements ás 'god' + björn 'bear'. This was established in England before the Conquest, in the late Old English form Osbern, and was later reinforced by Norman Osbern.
Osborne /ˈɒzbɔːrn/, along with Osbourne, Osbern, Osborn and Ausburn, Sberna and Sberno (Italian spelling), is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Ásbjørn. The name means "God Bear". The English Os (see Ós) and the Norse Ás (see Aesir) mean God.
Osborne /ˈɒzbÉ”Ërn/, along with Osbourne, Osbern, Osborn and Ausburn, is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Ãsbjørn. The name means "God Bear". The English Os (see Ós) and the Norse Ãs (see Aesir) mean God.
The surname Osburn is derived from the Old Norse personal name Asbjorn, meaning divine bear. Alternatively the name was Anglicized as Osbeorn and Osbern from the Old English word "be(o)rn" which meant "god warrior." Osbernus was presbyter in record (1097-1107), and Osbern was capellanus (chaplain) from 1107 to 1124.
Meaning & History. Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorht "bright". After the Norman conquest, this Old English name was merged with its Norman cognate.
The name Oscar is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Oscar is: Divine spear; God's spear. Famous Bearer: poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), who was put on trial and imprisoned for homosexuality.
The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology—Oscar, grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhaill. In Old English, "os" means "god" and "gar" means "spear", thus "spear of god". Os- derived from Proto-Germanic *ansu-z (god, gods), as in the Old Norse name Asgeirr, Old English Osgar, or Old High German Ansger (Ansgar).
Arthek. An old Cornish name derived from the Celtic word arto, which means bear.
