Osborne is a boy's name of English origin meaning “god and bear.” In 2024 it was given to 14 boys in the United States.
Osborne at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“god and bear”
Pronunciation
/ˈɒzbɔː(ɹ)n/
About the name Osborne
Osborne belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “god and bear” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Osborne first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #699 in 1910, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 1,731 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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.