Osmar
About Osmar
Familiar in Brazil, Osmar may be one of two things: a compound name, taking elements from several popular names, or, a contemporary form of an Old English name.
As a compound name, it likely blends either Oscar ("deer friend; God's spear"), Osvaldo ("divine power"), or Ozias ("my power is Yahweh") with either Adelmar ("famous noblemen" or Omar ("flourishing, long life; speak, say"). This gives you a range of meanings, such as "famous deer friend", "to speak of Yahweh is my power", "flourishing divine power" and so on.
As an Old English name, it could be a modernized form of Osmær, meaning "divine fame", or borrowed from the Germanic Ansmar, which has the same meaning.
Pronounced OS-mar.
As of October 2026, Osmar ranked #2345 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1313 in 2008.
AI-written. Reviewed by Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,336 | 56 | 29.2 |
| 2015 | #2,047 | 70 | 36.5 |
| 2016 | #1,967 | 74 | 39 |
| 2017 | #2,209 | 61 | 33 |
| 2018 | #2,604 | 49 | 27 |
| 2019 | #2,612 | 50 | 27.9 |
| 2020 | #2,456 | 53 | 30.7 |
| 2021 | #3,009 | 41 | 23.4 |
| 2022 | #2,184 | 67 | 38.4 |
| 2023 | #2,237 | 64 | 37.4 |
| 2024 | #2,354 | 60 | 34.8 |
| 2025 | #2,345 | 59 | 34.5 |