Fun Facts About the Name Oswin
- 482 babies named Oswin: U.S. records list 482 babies given the name Oswin from 1880 through 2025. Even 103 girls received the name Oswin - about 1 girl for every 4 boys.
What Does the Name Oswin Mean?
Oswin is the modern English form of the Old English masculine name Oswine, meaning "friend of God" or "God's friend." It comes from the Old English elements ōs, "god" or "deity," and wine, "friend." The literal sense is closer to "friend of a god"; after the Christian conversion, the first element was conventionally understood as the Christian God, giving the usual modern meaning.
Oswin Name History & Origins
The name is recorded in Anglo-Saxon England as Oswine. Its best-known early bearer was Oswine, king of Deira in the mid-seventh century. He was killed in 651 after a conflict with Oswiu of Bernicia and was later venerated as a saint, commemorated on 20 August.
The modern spelling Oswin is a later English rendering of the Old English name, with the final -e lost. The name also lies behind the English surname Oswin, which derives from the medieval personal name.
How Popular is the Name Oswin?
Oswin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #3,861 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #14,719 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #11,005 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #14,806 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #13,111 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #15,132 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #10,370 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #15,457 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #8,752 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #9,990 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #6,643 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #10,818 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,350 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #3,948 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #5,604 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #4,400 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2021 | #6,253 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #4,381 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #4,756 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,861 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,072 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #5,085 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #5,918 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #6,952 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,846 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #5,654 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #13,737 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #9,639 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #8,827 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #5,621 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #6,367 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #8,128 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #6,859 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #12,247 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,136 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #7,356 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #11,681 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,121 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1916 | #4,344 | 5 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Oswin Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are patient, persevering and strong willed. You are a good student, absorbing knowledge easily and retaining it well. You are either a saint or a sinner. You tend to hold things inside and suffer in silence. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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