28053 names, meanings and origins
NamesAZ.com
Home
|
Articles
|
Celebrity names
|
Name browser
|
Advanced search
|
Your favorites
|
About us
Ossie
Origin
english
Origin name
Oscar
eng from irish os: good, and cara ’dear or celt 'good spear hunter' – but the am.actor Ossie Davis got this nickname when he was born from a county clerk who misheard his mother's pronunciation of his initials ‘R.C.’ (Raiford Chatman)
Who's got this name?
Ossie Davis
actor/actress
1917-2005
Print
Tip a friend
Add to Your favorites
View Your favorites
Related names
Oskar
Ossi