Oskar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Oscar in AR Argentina, US United States, ES Spain and 19 more, Аскар in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, FI Finland and 1 more, Óscar in FR France and Askar in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oskar is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name81K records spelled Oskar11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written Óskar, Öskar, Óskąŕ, Ôskâr, Ôsķár

• Norwegian Bokmål given name63K records spelled Oskar8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Óskar, Öskar

• Finnish given name63K records spelled Oskar7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Latvia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Òskar, Õskar, Óskar, Ôskär, Oskár

• Spanish given name30K records spelled Oskar22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Spain, France, Iceland

  Languages: Spanish, French, Icelandic

  Also written Óskar, Oskár, Öskär, Osk'Ar, Oskâr

• Indonesian given name2.2K records spelled Oskar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Sweden, United States, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Óskar

• a separate given name2.1K records spelled Oskar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Sweden, Switzerland

  Also written Oskár, Óskar, Osḳar

• a separate given name1.0K records spelled Oskar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States, Spain

  Also written Óskar, Ośkar, Oskár

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Oskar is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, German, a divine spearman

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• In Kurdish, Spear, also a variant representing upright character and determination

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Oskar Kokoschkab. 1886ATAustrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980)
• Oskar Schlemmerb. 1888DEGerman painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (1888–1943)
• Prince Oskar of Prussiab. 1888DEPrussian prince (1888-1958)
• Erhard Milchb. 1892DEnot in their usual nameGerman officer, NSDAP, most recently field marshal in the Third Reich, war criminal (1892–1972)
• Oskar Paul Dirlewangerb. 1895DEGerman Nazi military officer and SS Regiment/Brigade Commander (1895–1945)
• Oskar Homolkab. 1898ATAustrian actor (1898–1978)
• Oskar Langeb. 1904PLPolish economist (1904-1965)
• Oskar Schindlerb. 1908DEGerman industrialist and Holocaust rescuer (1908–1974)
• Oskar Gröningb. 1921DEaccountant in Auschwitz (1921–2018)
• Oskar Wernerb. 1922ATactor (1922-1984)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 726 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oskar?

We estimate roughly 656 thousand people bear Oskar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Oskar have the most bearers?

Oskar is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled oscar.

Where is Oskar most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Oskar is densest in Finland — about 1 in 145 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Oskar compared with other names?

In Argentina, Oskar is the 20th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Oskar a male or female name?

Oskar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Oskar mean?

Recorded meaning: ) Oscar: männl. Vom., der auf den Namen einer Gestalt aus »The Works o f