Oscar

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔskɑ]

Oscar

1. The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden.

Possibly from Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) + cara (“friend”).

Alternatively, inherited from Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from Old English ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal name).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒs.kə/

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Oscar

1. A male given name.
   • 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 192:

     My son, though alone, is brave. Oscar is like a beam of the sky: he turns around, and the people fall.

   • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:

     Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.

2. The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

• Oscar the Grouch

Oscar (plural Oscars)

1. (informal) An Academy Award.
2. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

• Oscar bait
• Oscarworthy

• (award): Academy Awards

• AOCRs, ASROC, ROSCA, Rasco, Rocas, carso, ocras, orcas, sacro-, sarco-

Oscar m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Oscar

Oscar

1. A male given name, a variant spelling of Oskar.

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Oscar

1. A male given name, a variant spelling of Oskar.

Oscar

1. A male given name, a variant spelling of Oskar.

• Óscar

Oscar m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Oscar
2. Academy Awards; Oscar

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Oscar.

• Oskar

From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1803.

• IPA^(key): /¹ɔskar/

Oscar c (genitive Oscars)

1. A male given name.

• Borne by two kings, the name became very popular in 19th century Sweden. It returned to favor in the end of the 20th century, as the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade.

• (surnames) Oscarsson, Oskarsson

• Ossian

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 30 402 males with the given name Oscar (compared to 43 180 named Oskar) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.