Osama is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “Lion.” In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Osama belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “Lion” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Osama first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1649 in 1999, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 961 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Osama means “Lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Osama is a boy name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Osama comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Osama first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #1649 in 1999, and 12 babies were given the name in 2024.
Osama is pronounced /əʊˈsɑːmə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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