Oseas
Oséas Reis dos Santos, known as Oséas, is a retired Brazilian football player.
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Oseas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oséas Reis dos Santos, known as Oséas, is a retired Brazilian football player.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical Spanish
The Story of Oseas
Oseas first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1990, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 28 births, good for #3,882 nationwide. About 36% of every Oseas on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Oseas ranks #3,960 for baby boys with 28 births, rising sharply (+63% over the past five years). All told, over 439 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Oseas
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Oseas. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Oseas
Phonetically similar names — useful when Oseas is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aussies
- Esses
- Acies
- Ossies
- Osis
- Oases
- Oses
- Osi
- Osier
- Osee
- Ossi
- Cosies
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About the name Oseas
Oseas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 439 births in the dataset. Oseas's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #3,882. Use the chart and map above to compare Oseas'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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