Osman

What Osman means

Means “a god + protection, hand”

Inherited from Middle English, from Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Osman” (revision 94634269), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Osman?

US: Rising: up from #1613 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #927 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 231 boys got the name (#975 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 9,437 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,316 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CO (0.3 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.3 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.29 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Osman is #1156 in the US and #474 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Osman were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Usman106 US · 90 E&W
• Ousmane31 US · 4 E&W
• Ousman9 US · 8 E&W
• Usmon14 US
• Osmin12 US
• Usmaan0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Osman

Boys

• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025

For a sister

• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Noor#659“light”^*
• Astrid#376Danish, from Old Norse Ástríðr, meaning “god + beautiful, originally…^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Emory#339Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #339 vs #3,705 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Osman’s. Rank is US 2025.