Osbert
Osbert is a male Germanic given name and a surname, composed of the elements ans/os "god", and berht "bright".
- English
Meaning & Origin of Osbert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osbert is a male Germanic given name and a surname, composed of the elements ans/os "god", and berht "bright".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Osbert
The earliest SSA record of Osbert as a baby boy name dates back to 1971, when 5 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Osbert — #11,037 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Osbert on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Osbert last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Osbert
Osbert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Osbert's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #11,037. Use the chart and map above to compare Osbert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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