Oscar


Gender:
Origin: English, Gaelic, German
1868 famous people named Oscar found on Wikipedia.
200774 male, 1070 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 206-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 26-th in year 1886
Used in: Danish, Dutch, English, French, Irish, Italian, Mythology, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish

Meanings

A male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “spear.”.

Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name derived from either Irish or Proto-Germanic.
Oscar is the third most popular name for males born in Sweden. Oskar is ranked 51 in terms of the most popular male names.

Masc. proper name, Old English Osgar "god's spear," from gar "spear" (see gar) + os "god" (only in personal names); see Aesir. The statuette awarded for excellence in film acting, directing, etc., given annually since, 1928, first so called 1936. The name is said to have sprung from a 1931 remark by Margaret Herrick, secretary at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on seeing the statuette: "He reminds me of my Uncle Oscar." Thus the award would be named for Oscar Pierce, U.S. wheat farmer and fruit grower.

Divine spear. Deer friend. Combine of os (deer) and cara (friend).

Famous People: 1868 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Oscar Isaac 1979 Guatemalan-born American actor and singer
2 Oscar Wilde 1854 Irish writer and poet
3 Oscar Pistorius 1986 South African Paralympic athlete
4 Oscar De La Hoya 1973 Retired American professional boxer of Mexican descent
5 Oscar Robertson 1938 American NBA player
6 Oscar López Rivera 1943 Puerto Rican activist and FALN leader
7 Oscar Nunez 1958 Comedian
8 Oscar de la Renta 1932 Dominican clothing designer
9 Oscar Munoz 1960
10 Oscar Zeta Acosta 1935 American attorney, politician, novelist and activist
11 Oscar Peterson 1925 Canadian jazz pianist and composer
12 Oscar Hammerstein II 1895 American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
13 Oscar Niemeyer 1907 Brazilian architect
14 Oscar Schmidt 1958 Professional basketball player
15 Oscar Levant 1906 American comedian, composer, pianist and actor
16 Avelino Bareiro 1983 Paraguayan footballer
17 Oscar II of Sweden 1829 King of Sweden and Norway
18 Oscar the Grouch Muppet character on the television program Sesame Street
19 Óscar Casas Sierra 1998 Spanish actor / model
20 Óscar Jaenada 1975 Spanish actor
21 Oscar Taveras 1992 Baseball player
22 Oscar Martinez
23 Oscar I of Sweden 1799 King of Sweden and Norway between 1844-1859
24 Oscar Maroni 1951 Brazilian publisher and promoter
25 Oscar Danilo Blandón 1952 Nicaraguan politician
26 Óscar Pérez Rojas 1973 Mexican footballer
27 Oscar Bonavena 1942 Argentine boxer
28 Óscar García Junyent 1973 Spanish footballer
29 Oscar Micheaux 1884 American writer and director
30 Oscar Goodman 1939 American attorney and politician
31 Óscar Reyes 1978 Spanish actor
32 Oscar Hiljemark 1992 Swedish footballers
33 Óscar Tabárez 1947 Uruguayan footballer
34 Óscar de Marcos 1989 Spanish footballer
35 Óscar Valdez 1990 Mexican boxer
36 Óscar Arias Sánchez 1940 President of Costa Rica
37 Oscar Magrini 1961 Brazilian actor
38 Oscar Gamble 1949 American baseball player
39 Óscar Terol Goicoechea 1969 Spanish actor
40 Óscar Romero 1992 Paraguayan footballer
41 Oscar Lewicki 1992 Swedish footballer
42 Oscar Kightley 1969 Samoan actor
43 Oscar Underwood 1862 American politician
44 Oscar Wendt 1985 Swedish footballer
45 Oscar D'León 1943 Venezuelan musician
46 Oscar MacGuire
47 Oscar González Oro 1989 Argentinian journalist
48 Oscar Lindberg 1991 Swedish Ice hockey player
49 Oscar Poltronieri 1962
50 Oscar Ruggeri 1962 Argentine footballer and manager
51 Óscar Pereiro 1977 Road bicycle racer
52 Oscar Ortega Sánchez 1962 German actor
53 Oscar Collazo 1914 Puerto Rican assassin
54 Oscar François de Jarjayes
55 Óscar Figueroa 1983 Colombian weightlifter
56 Oscar Ustari 1986 Argentine footballer
57 Oscar Fernandes 1941 Indian politician
58 Óscar Pareja 1968 Colombian footballer
59 Oscar Brown 1926 American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor.
60 Oscar Klefbom 1993 Swedish ice hockey player
61 Brad Oscar 1964 American actor
62 Oscar Zariski 1899 American mathematician
63 Óscar Ladoire 1954 Spanish actor and film director
64 Oscar Aerts 1989 Dutch television actor and film actor
65 Oscar Brand 1920 American musician
66 Oscar Goldman
67 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 1918 9th President of Italy
68 Oscar Pettiford 1922 American musician
69 Oscar Leung 1979 Chinese actor
70 Oscar Medina 1962
71 Óscar Castro 1910 1910-1947 Chilean writer and poet
72 Oscar Gobern 1991 English footballer
73 Oscar Wyatt 1924 American businessman
74 Óscar Córdoba 1970 Colombian footballer
75 Óscar Borda 1966 Colombian actor
76 Óscar Puente Santiago 1968 Spanish politician and lawyer
77 Oscar Hammerstein 1954 Dutch lawyer
78 Oscar Leeser 2000 American politician
79 Óscar Carmona 1869 11th Portuguese president (1926-1951)
80 Oscar Mayer 1859 Entrepreneur
81 Oscar Benton 1949 Dutch artist
82 Oscar Hammerstein I 1847 Opera impresario
83 Oscar Steer 2002 British actor
84 Oscar Polk 1899 American actor
85 Oscar Ichazo 1931 Bolivian writer
86 Óscar Athié 1958 Mexican singer
87 Oscar Tschirky 1866 American hotel manager
88 Oscar Gustave Rejlander 1813 British photographer
89 Oscar Zia 1996 Swedish singer of Italian descent
90 Oscar James 1942 British actor
91 Oscar Hijuelos 1951 American novelist
92 Oscar Schuster 1873 German physician
93 Óscar López Arias 1977 Peruvian actor
94 Oscar Farinetti 1954 Italian businessman
95 Óscar Freire 1976 Spanish road bicycle racer
96 Oscar Branzani 1989 Italian footballer
97 Óscar Trejo 1988 Argentine footballer
98 Oscar Dronjak 1972 Guitar player in HammerFall
99 Oscar Jiménez 1988 Mexican association football player
100 Oscar Magnusson 1981
101 Oscar Benítess 1993 Argentinian association football player
102 Oscar Tang American businessman
103 Óscar Rodríguez Gingins 1945 Chilean film director
104 Oscar Charleston 1896 American baseball player and coach
105 Oscar Deutsch 1893 British businessman
106 Oscar Ferreiro 1941 Argentinian actor
107 Oscar Stanton De Priest 1871 American politician
108 Oscar Lewis 1914 American anthropologist
109 Oscar Slater 1872 British victim of a miscarriage of justice
110 Oscar Hedström 1871 Motorcycle designer
111 Oscar van Dillen 1958 Dutch composer, conductor, flautist and music educator
112 Oscar Reutersvärd 1915 Swedish artist
113 Óscar Landerretche Moreno 1972 Chilean economist
114 Oscar Swahn 1847 Sport shooter
115 Oscar Sorto 1994 American soccer player
116 Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores 1930 Guatemalan President
117 Oscar Murillo 1986 Colombian artist and painter
118 Óscar Priego 1985 Mexican television actor
119 Oscar Harrison 1965 English rock drummer
120 Oscar Orbos 1951 Filipino politician
121 Oscar Rovito 1940 Argentinian actor
122 Oscar DeGruy 1950 American actor
123 Óscar Golden 1946
124 Oscar Threlkeld 1994 English footballer
125 Óscar Sonejee 1976 Footballer
126 Óscar Landerretche Gacitúa 1949 Chilean economist
127 Oscar Mediavilla 1954 Argentinian guitarist
128 Oscar Martínez 1949 Argentine actor
129 Oscar Handlin 1915 U.S. historian
130 Oscar Di Maio 1887
131 Oscar Temaru 1944 French Polynesian politician
132 Oscar Mulero Spanish DJ and producer
133 Óscar de la Borbolla 1949 Mexica
134 Oscar Wisting 1871 Norwegian polar explorer
135 Oscar Straus 1870 Viennese composer
136 Oscar Lloyd 1997 British actor
137 Oscar Bertone 1967
138 Paul Oscar 1970 Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey
139 Óscar Espinosa Villarreal 1948 Mexican politician
140 Oscar Eckenstein 1859 British mountain climber
141 Oscar Browning 1837 British historian
142 Oscar De La Rosa 1960
143 Óscar Domínguez 1906 Spanish artist
144 Oscar Moore 1916 American musician
145 Wilde Oscar 1967 British pornographic film actor
146 Oscar K. Allen 1882 American politician
147 Oscar Cullmann 1902 French theologian
148 Oscar Torre American actor
149 Oscar Sisto 1957 Argentinian composer, actor and theatre director
150 Oscar Ulisses 1957
151 Óscar Escandón 1984 Colombian boxer
152 Oscar Hertwig 1849 German zoologist
153 Óscar Berger 1946 Guatemalan President
154 Oscar Barreto 1993
155 Oscar Humphries Australian art dealer and journalist
156 Oscar Ferrigno Jr. 1962 Argentinian actor
157 Oscar P. Austin 1948 United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
158 Óscar Whalley 1994 Spanish footballer
159 Oscar Moreno 1951 Filipino politician
160 Oscar Howe 1915 Yanktonai Dakota artist
161 Óscar Rivas 1987 Colombian boxer
162 Oscar Fraley 1914 American writer
163 Oscar Traynor 1886 Irish politician
164 Oscar H. Banker 1895 Inventor
165 Óscar Sevilla 1976 Road racing cyclist
166 Oscar Dunn 1820 American politician
167 Oscar Ray Bolin 1962
168 Óscar González Marcos 1982 Spanish footballer
169 Henry Oscar 1891 English actor
170 Oscar Ferrigno Argentinian actor
171 Oscar Alemán 1909 (1909-1980) Argentine jazz musician
172 Oscar Apfel 1878 Actor, film director
173 Oscar Jöback 1975 Swedish writer
174 Oscar Alegre 1939 Argentine actor
175 Oscar Jacques 1998
176 Óscar Larios 1976 Mexican boxer
177 Oscar 1954 Brazilian footballer
178 Óscar Alzaga 1942 Spanish lawyer and politician
179 Óscar Iván Chuzuaga 1959 Colombian politician
180 Óscar Carrillo 1965 Peruvian actor
181 Oscar Matus 1935 Argentinian composer and guitarist (1935-2009)
182 Oscar Quitak 1926 British actor
183 Oscar N. Onyema 1968 Nigerian businessman
184 Oscar Janiger 1918 American psychiatrist
185 Oscar Griswold 1886 United States Army general
186 Óscar Faura 1975 Spanish cinematographer
187 Oscar A. Solis 1953 Catholic bishop
188 Óscar Meléndez 1966 Former Menudo member
189 Óscar Liera 1946
190 Óscar Rojas Castellón 1981 Mexican footballer
191 Oscar Heiler 1906 German actor
192 Óscar Francisco Jiménez 1988 Mexican association football player
193 Oscar Castro-Neves 1940 Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger
194 Óscar Míguez 1927 Uruguayan footballer
195 Oscar Viale 1932
196 Oscar Kambona 1928 Tanzanian politician
197 Oscar Magoni 1967 Italian association football player
198 Oscar Vílchez 1986 Footballer
199 Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo 1910 Cuban-Mexican actor
200 Oscar Asche 1871 Australian actor and director