Oscar is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “deer and friend.” In 2024 it was given to 1,656 boys in the United States.
Oscar belongs to the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “deer and friend” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Oscar first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #26 in 1886, and in 2024 1,656 babies received the name — 211,463 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Oscar means “deer and friend” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Oscar is a boy name. In 2024, 1,656 babies received the name in the US.
Oscar comes from the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition.
Oscar first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #26 in 1886, and 1,656 babies were given the name in 2024.
Oscar is pronounced /ˈɑs.kɚ/ (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. 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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