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Osbert
Say it: OZ-burt
Meaning
From Old English os 'god' and beorht 'bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An Old English name that survived the Conquest into the 12th and 13th centuries.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 11 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 339,800 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Osbright
| Old English | Osbeorht |
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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