Boy · Old English
Osric
Say it: OS-rich
Meaning
From Old English os 'god (a pagan deity)' and ric 'ruler, power'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Also the name of the foppish courtier in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 111 babies given this name since 1972
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 191,300 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Osric, king of Deira
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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