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Oskar

Say it OS-kar 2 syllables

Swedish · from Oscar, “probably outsider, newcomer”

Loved in Slovenia and 2 more places. Common in Poland, Sweden, Austria, and 6 more places. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 8 more places.

1 in 69 boys born in Poland in 2025. Number 23 there.

Oskar in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 3, common in 9, rare in 13.
Oskar in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales349 (down)20251211 in 2,2472512020
Scotland316 (down)2025111 in 1,7862212020
Northern IrelandRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Ireland468 (down)202571 in 3,3903072020
North America
Ontario (province)1,354 (down)20247about 1 in 8,5541,0112019
Quebec (province)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
British Columbia (province)Rare: below the complete list20234742018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Victoria (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
Queensland (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
South Australia (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
New ZealandNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Western Europe
France1,745 (down)2025151 in 20,1791,5072020
Netherlands266 (up)202558about 1 in 1,1473222020
Central Europe
Austria29 (up)20252641 in 144542020
Switzerland127 (up)2025561 in 6431412020
Berlin (city)12 (down)2023114about 1 in 13672018
Munich (city)13 (up)202558about 1 in 75252020
Cologne (city)22 (down)202337about 1 in 172142018
Bonn (city)17202522about 1 in 144172020
Leipzig (city)3 (up)202537about 1 in 7872020
Rostock (city)4 (down)202514about 1 in 7512020
Nordic countries
Norway21 (up)20252361 in 99242020
Sweden87 (down)2025127about 1 in 340622020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Italy1,181 (new in the list)202461 in 31,560Not listed2019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland23 (up)20251,8251 in 69262020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Slovenia7 (up)2025134about 1 in 5482020
Estonia11 (down)202556102020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Borrowed from English Oscar and ultimately from Middle Irish, Oskar is the Swedish form of the name. The meaning comes from Oscar, and is probably 'outsider, newcomer'.

2 more paragraphs

It has two syllables, OS-kar, and a bright, confident sound. The accented spelling Óskar is also used, and related names include Oscar, Oskari and Oszkár.

Oskar is popular in Slovenia, Estonia and Norway. In English-speaking countries it is rare, found far down the lists in Scotland, England and Wales and Ireland. French records put its peak in the mid-2010s, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
OS-kar · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
from Oscar, “probably outsider, newcomer” (hedged in the source)
Origin
Swedish
Spellings counted
Counted together with Oskar here: Óskar.
Related names
Oscar, Åskar, Oszkár, Oskari
Where Oskar comes from (Wiktionary)

Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Oskar. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oskar over time

Rising in 3 of the 17 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 5. Peak in France: 2015.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Oskar in England and Wales: #976 in 1996, a peak of #174 in 2009, and #349 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300#1,000200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #976, 14 boys1997: #759, 21 boys1998: #502, 39 boys1999: #451, 48 boys2000: #527, 37 boys2001: #473, 44 boys2002: #502, 43 boys2003: #445, 56 boys2004: #388, 73 boys2005: #406, 74 boys2006: #407, 82 boys2007: #258, 157 boys2008: #220, 210 boys2009: #174, 310 boys2010: #192, 277 boys2011: #181, 312 boys2012: #181, 317 boys2013: #188, 297 boys2014: #191, 297 boys2015: #214, 265 boys2016: #212, 266 boys2017: #211, 249 boys2018: #213, 246 boys2019: #208, 246 boys2020: #251, 190 boys2021: #223, 230 boys2022: #277, 162 boys2023: #323, 136 boys2024: #338, 129 boys2025: #349, 121 boys#976 in 1996peak #174, 2009#349in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
199697614
199775921
199850239
199945148
200052737
200147344
200250243
200344556
200438873
200540674
200640782
2007258157
2008220210
2009174310
2010192277
2011181312
2012181317
2013188297
2014191297
2015214265
2016212266
2017211249
2018213246
2019208246
2020251190
2021223230
2022277162
2023323136
2024338129
2025349121

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Oskar in France since 1925 were born in or after 2013. Peak: 2015, about 11 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 0 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 0 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 0 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 0 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 0 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 0 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 0 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 0 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 1.9 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 2.6 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 5 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 5.8 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 7.9 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 7.2 per 100,000 boys20202025: 5 per 100,000 boys20252015-2019: about 1 in 12,674 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340
1935–19390
1940–19440
1945–19490
1950–19540
1955–19590
1960–19640
1965–19690
1970–19740
1975–19790
1980–19840
1985–19890.5
1990–19940.5
1995–19991.9
2000–20042.6
2005–20095
2010–20145.8
2015–20197.9
2020–20247.2
20255

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Oskar

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Oskar, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 47, Poland

  2. 1 in 29, Italy

  3. 1 in 189, Austria

  4. 1 in 252, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 57, Norway

  6. 1 in 196, Ireland

  7. 1 in 66, Poland

  8. 1 in 27, Poland

  9. 1 in 91, Norway

  10. 1 in 110, Austria

All 40 brother names for Oskar

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Oskar's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 62, Poland

  5. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 137, Scotland

  7. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  8. 1 in 224, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Oskar Jack

Syllables 2-1Initials O.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Oskar

Sisters for Oskar: Lena, Hanna, Maja, and 5 more
  1. LenaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  2. HannaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  3. MajaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  4. AlinaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  5. HanaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  6. ElizaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  7. LunaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar
  8. LiviaRose and fell with Oskar · Same generation as Oskar

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Oskar

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Oskar's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 15 more places.

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 12 more places.

  4. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 8 more places.

  5. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 9 more places.

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  7. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 16 more places.

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 10 more places.

Famous people named Oskar

Oskar Schindler, Oskar Kokoschka, and 6 more

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Oskar

How popular is Oskar in Scotland?

Oskar ranked #316 in Scotland in 2025, given to 11 boys, about 1 in 1,786.

Is Oskar rising in popularity?

Not overall: it is falling in more places than it is rising. Rising in 3 of the 17 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 5. Rising in: Austria, Munich, and Poland.

What does Oskar mean?

Oskar comes from Oscar, which means “probably outsider, newcomer”, according to Wiktionary. The dictionary itself marks this meaning as uncertain.

How many syllables does Oskar have?

Oskar has 2 syllables: OS-kar.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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