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Oskar

German variation of Oscar
"God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Thu Jun 12 2025

Oskar Origin and Meaning

The name Oskar is a boy's name of German origin.

Oskar is to Oscar as Jakob is to Jacob: more distinctive and continental.

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Popularity of the name Oskar

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Famous People Named Oskar

  • Oskar Homolka
    Austrian actor
  • Oskar Kokoschka
    Austrian expressionistic artist
  • Oskar Kolberg
    Polish composer, ethnographer, folklorist
  • Oskar Osala
    Finnish ice hockey player
  • Oskar Schlemmer
    German Bauhaus artist
  • Oskar Schindler
    German industrialist credited with saving over 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust
  • Oskar Werner
    German,Austrian actor
  • Oskar Michael (b.2018)
    son of TV personalities Nate Berkus And Jeremiah Brent

The name Oskar in Pop Culture

  • Oskar Stefansson
    character in "Sims" series
  • Oskar Kokoshka
    character on animated series "Hey Arnold!"
  • Oskar Schell
    main character in novel/film 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
  • Oskar Matzerath
    main character in novel/film 'The Tin Drum'
  • Oskar
    main character in novel/film 'Let the Right One In'