Osborne

  • [ AHZ-born ]
  • English
From a surname which was a variant of OSBORN.

OSBORN   male   English
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjörn used in England, and after the Norman conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásbjörn, Bjarni
ANGLO-SAXON: Osbeorn
DANISH: Asbjørn, Bjarne, Ebba, Ebbe, Esben, Espen
ENGLISH: Osborn, Osbourne, Oz, Ozzie, Ozzy
ICELANDIC: Ásbjörn, Bjarni
NORWEGIAN: Asbjørn, Bjarne, Ebba, Ebbe, Esben, Espen
SWEDISH: Asbjörn, Bjarne, Ebba, Ebbe, Esbjörn