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Oskar

Male#971 most common in Croatia267 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Spear of the gods
Origin:
Germanic

About the name Oskar

Name of Old English/Norse origin, from 'os' (god) and 'gar' (spear).

Popularity with newborns

Oskar has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

267 people in Croatia are called Oskar, according to the 2021 census. That is #971 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Oskar is recorded in 8 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaZagrebačka

Characteristics

InternationalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.