Oswin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OZ-win
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Oswin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “god + friend”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Oswin mean?
Old English
“god + friend”
Saint Oswine was a 7th-century king of Deira, in Northumbria, killed in 651.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Oswin a girl's or a boy's name?
Oswin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oswin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Oswin, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Oswin of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Oswin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Oswin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Oswin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Oswin, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Oswin in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2014, 61% of the babies named Oswin in the US were girls. By 2022 it was 27%, with more boys than girls since 2016.
Oswin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Oswin
- Oz 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Oswin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Oisin Kayden Rowan Lochlan Brody Orhan Odin Kian Aiden Callan
Names related to Oswin
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oswin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oswin, updated 20 October 2026.