Oscar
Oscar is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Deer lover; gentle champion.
What Oscar means
Deer lover; gentle champion.
Oscar sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Oscar 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.
Oscar is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Oscar?
You will not find Oscar 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 Oscar
Two ideas meet in Oscar: courage and battle and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Oscar
These share Oscar's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Odhran — Little pale-green one.
- Oisin — Little deer; a young fawn.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
- Cathal — Battle ruler; strong.
- Colm — Dove.
- Conall — Strong as a wolf.
- Connor — Lover of hounds; strong-willed.
- Conor — Lover of wolves; strong-willed.
- Darragh — Oak tree.