English Explanatory Dictionary

Oswald

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Old English.
  2. Oswald of Northumbria, 7th century Northumbrian King and Saint.
  3. Oswald of Worcester, 10th century Archbishop of York and English Saint.
  4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  5. A place name:
  6. A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒzwəld/

Word forms

Oswald

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ōsweald, from ōs (“god, deity”) + weald (“power”). Cognate with German Answald, Faroese and Icelandic Ásvaldur, and Norwegian Nynorsk Åsvald.

Related words

Osborne Osmund Oswin

Translations

Albanian: Osváld-i Chinese Mandarin: 奧斯瓦爾德 /奥斯瓦尔德 Danish: Osvald Esperanto: Osvaldo Faroese: Ásvaldur French: Oswald Friulian: Svuald Georgian: ოსვალდი Bavarian German: Ouswoid Greek: Όσβαλντ Hungarian: Osvát Italian: Osvaldo Latvian: Osvalds Polish: Oswald Portuguese: Osvaldo Russian: Освальд Spanish: Oswaldo Swedish: Osvald
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