Oskar

== Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈoskar] === Proper noun === Oskar m anim a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Alternative forms === Oscar === Etymology === From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Proper noun === Oskar a male given name == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish Oskar, from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Proper noun === Oskar a male given name from Swedish, equivalent to English Oscar == Faroese == === Etymology === From English Oscar, in turn from Middle Irish Oscar or Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār. In the latter case, it is a doublet of Ásgeir === Proper noun === Oskar m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Oskar's son: Oskarsson Oskar's daughter: Oskarsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Variant of Oskari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoskɑr/, [ˈo̞s̠kɑ̝r] Rhymes: -oskɑr Syllabification(key): Os‧kar Hyphenation(key): Os‧kar === Proper noun === Oskar a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Oskar is the 229th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,355 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,268 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === == German == === Alternative forms === Oscar === Etymology === Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔskaʁ/ Hyphenation: Os‧kar === Proper noun === Oskar a male given name ==== Derived terms ==== stolz wie Oskar == Norwegian == === Alternative forms === Oscar === Etymology === From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Proper noun === Oskar a male given name == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.kar/ Rhymes: -ɔskar Syllabification: Os‧kar === Proper noun === Oskar m a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Oskar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Swedish == === Alternative forms === Oscar === Etymology === From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹ɔskar/ === Proper noun === Oskar c (genitive Oskars) a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Became very fashionable in 19th century, as the name (Oscar) of two kings of Sweden. Returned to favor in the 1980s. Oskar or Oscar (the slightly more common spelling today) is the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade. === References === [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 43 180 males with the given name Oskar (compared to 30 402 named Oscar) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. === Anagrams === orsak