Oisin
Oisin is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Little deer; a young fawn.
What Oisin means
Little deer; a young fawn.
Oisin sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Oisin comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Oisin is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Oisin?
You will not find Oisin in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Oisin
We group Oisin under the natural world. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Nature
Names like Oisin
These share Oisin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Odhran — Little pale-green one.
- Oscar — Deer lover; gentle champion.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
- Colm — Dove.
- Conall — Strong as a wolf.
- Connor — Lover of hounds; strong-willed.
- Conor — Lover of wolves; strong-willed.
- Darragh — Oak tree.
- Phelan — Little wolf.
- Blathnaid — Little flower; blossom.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.