Oswald () is a masculine given name, from

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

''Osƿeald'', from '' os'' "god" and ''ƿeald'' "rule". The

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

cognate was ''Answald'', the

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

form was ''Ásvaldr''.

Oswald of Northumbria Oswald (; c 604 – 5 August 641/642Bede gives the year of Oswald's death as 642. However there is some question of whether what Bede considered 642 is the same as what would now be considered 642. R. L. Poole (''Studies in Chronology and H ...

(c. 604–641/2) was a king of Northumbria and is venerated as saint. The name fell out of use in the later medieval period, although it appears to have been rarely given in reference to the saint even in the late 14th century, as evidenced by the name of German poet and diplomat

Oswald von Wolkenstein Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377 in Pfalzen – August 2, 1445, in Meran) was a poetry, poet, composer and diplomacy, diplomat. In his diplomatic capacity, he traveled through much of Europe to as far as Georgia (country), Georgia (as recoun ...

(1376/7–1445). The name was revived in the 19th century, but it was never frequently given. Its popularity in the United States peaked in 1886 at rank 451, and it fell below rank 1,000 in the mid-1930s.behindthename.com
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Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

form ''Osvaldo'' became popular in the United States by the 1970s, peaking at rank 410 in 2004.

People with the given name include:

* Oswald of Glenluce (died after 1417), Cistercian monk and bishop * Oswald of Sussex, Anglo-Saxon

Ealdorman Ealdorman ( , )"ealdorman"
''Collins English Dictionary''. was an office in the Government ...

* Oswald of Worcester (died 992), Archbishop of York and saint *

Oswald de Andrade José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism ...

(1890–1954), Brazilian writer and poet * Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter * Oswald Thompson Allis (1880–1973), American Presbyterian theologian and Bible scholar *

Oswald Avery Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. (October 21, 1877 – February 20, 1955) was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecu ...

(1877–1955), Canadian-American physician, medical researcher and molecular biologist * Oswald Baker (1915–2004), Irish

Sedevacantist Sedevacantism is a traditionalist Catholic movement which holds that since the 1958 death of Pius XII the occupiers of the Holy See are not valid popes due to their espousal of one or more heresies and that, for lack of a valid pope, the See ...

Roman Catholic priest *

Oswald Balzer Oswald Marian Balzer (23 January 1858 in Chodorów – 11 January 1933 in Lwów) was a Polish historian of law and statehood who was one of the most renowned Polish historians of his time. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of L ...

(1858–1933), Polish historian * Oswald Barrett (1892–1945), English artist and illustrator * Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), German physician * Oswald Birley (1880–1952), English painter *

Oswald Boelcke Oswald Boelcke PlM (; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a World War I German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited with 40 aerial victories. Boelcke is honored as the father of the German fighter air force, and of air ...

(1891–1916), German flying ace of the First World War * Oswald Bosanquet (1866–1933), British administrator in India *

Oswald Bosko Oswald Bosko (also spelled Bousko or Bouska) was an Austrian policeman from Vienna later stationed at the Jewish ghetto of Kraków from 1942 to 1944. He supported Julius Madritsch in rescuing Jews during World War II. Bosko was posthumously ho ...

(died 1944), Austrian policeman and a

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( ) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, mostly Jews, who were being persecuted and exterminated by Nazi Germany, Fascist Romania, Fascist Italy, ...

* Oswald Walters Brierly (1817–1894), English painter * Oswald Bumke (1877–1950), German psychiatrist and neurologist * Oswald Carver (1887–1915), British rower * Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), Scottish Protestant Christian minister and teacher * Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), British artist, poet and author * Oswald d'Andréa (1934–2024), French pianist and composer * Oswald Leslie De Kretser II (1882–1959),

Puisne Justice Puisne judge and puisne justice () are terms for an ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank of a particular court. The term comes from a combination of the two French words, (since, later) and (born) which have been combined as or ; meaning ...

of Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Oswald Denison (1905–1990), New Zealand rower *

Oswald Durand Oswald Durand (September17, 1840April22, 1906) was a Haitian poet and politician, said to be "to Haiti what William Shakespeare, Shakespeare is to England, and Dante Alighieri, Dante to Italy."P. Schutt-Ainé, ''Haiti: A Basic Reference Book'', 9 ...

(1840–1906), Haitian poet and politician *

Oswald Herbert Ernst Oswald Herbert Ernst (June27, 1842March21, 1926) was an engineer, military educator, and career officer in the United States Army who became superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Over a forty-year career, Ernst served as an eng ...

(1842–1926), American engineer, military educator, and career officer * Oswald Feliz (born 1990), American politician and attorney * Oswald Freisler (1895–1939), German lawyer *

Oswald Garrison Villard Oswald Garrison Villard (March 13, 1872 – October 1, 1949) was an American journalist and editor of the ''New York Evening Post.'' He was a civil rights activist, and along with his mother, Fanny Villard, a founding member of the NAACP. In ...

(1872–1949), American journalist * Oswald Gomis (1932-2023), 10th Archbishop of Colombo * Oswald Gracias (born 1944), Goan Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Bombay * Oswald Grübel (born 1943), German banker * Oswald Hafenrichter (1899–1973), Austrian-British film editor * Oswald Haselrieder (born 1971), Italian luger * Oswald Heer (1809–1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist * Oswald Hickson (1877–1944), English lawyer * Oswald Hoffmann (1913–2005), American clergyman and broadcaster * Oswald Homeky, Beninese politician * Oswald Inglin (born 1953), Swiss politician and historian *

Oswald Jacoby Oswald "Ozzie", "Jake" Jacoby (December 8, 1902 – June 27, 1984) was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time and a key innovator in the game, having helped popularize widely used b ...

(1902–1984), American bridge player * Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician * Oswald Kabasta (1896–1946), Austrian conductor * Oswald Kaduk (1906–1997), German ''

Rapportführer ''Rapportführer'' (Report Leader; feminine: ''Rapportführerin'') was a paramilitary title of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), specific to the ''Totenkopfverbände'' (Concentration Camp Service). An SS-''Rapportführer'' was usually a mid-level SS-no ...

'' at the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

* Oswald Karch (1917–2009), German

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

driver * Oswald Leroy (1936–2022), Belgian mathematician * Oswald Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people * Oswald Lohse (1845–1915), German astronomer * Oswald Lorenz (1806–1889), German musicologist and composer * Ossie Mazengarb (1890–1963), New Zealand magistrate with a full name of Oswald Chettle Mazengarb * Oswald Menghin (1888–1973), Austrian

prehistorian Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

Oswald Milne Oswald Partridge Milne Royal Society of Arts, FRSA Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA (February 1881 – 15 January 1968) was a British architect. Biography Born in Balham, London, in February 1881, Milne was the son of the archit ...

(1881–1968), British architect *

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British aristocrat and politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when he, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, turned to fascism. ...

(1896–1980), English

fascist Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...

and politician, founder of the British Union of Fascists *

Sir Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British aristocrat and politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when he, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, turned to fascism. ...

(disambiguation), several people * Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940), South African poet * Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), Swiss theologian and follower of Huldrych Zwingli * Oswald Norris (1883–1973), English cricketer and soldier * Oswald Ottendorfer (1826–1900), American journalist * Oswald Peraza (born 2000), Venezuelan baseball player * Oswald Pilloud (1873–1946), Swiss artist *

Oswald Pirow Oswald Pirow, QC (14 August 1890 – 11 October 1959) was a South African lawyer and far-right politician who held office as minister of justice, and later minister of defence for the National and United Party, respectively. Pirow eventual ...

(1890–1959), South African far-right politician * Oswald Poche (1908–1962), German chief of the

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of F ...

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a ke ...

(1892–1951), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Oswald Rayner (1888–1961), British

MI6 The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...

field agent * Oswald Rishbeth (1886–1946), Australian geographer * Oswald Hope Robertson (1886–1966), American physician * Oswald Rufeisen (1922–1998), Polish-Jewish Carmelite friar and partisan during World War II * Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838–1921), Baltic German pharmacologist * Oswald Short (1883–1969), English aeronautical engineer * Oswald Sickert (1828–1885), Danish artist *

Oswald Sigg Oswald Sigg (born 1944 in Zürich) is a Swiss journalist. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council. He served as Spokesman until his retirement on 31 ...

(born 1944), Swiss journalist * Oswald Silberrad (1878–1960), British chemist *

Oswald Spengler Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German polymath whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best know ...

(1880–1936), German historian and philosopher *

Oswald Stoll Sir Oswald Stoll (né Gray; 20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company. He also owned Cricklewood Studios and film production company Stoll Pi ...

(1866–1942), Australian-British theater manager * Oswald Szemerényi (1913–1996), Hungarian linguist * Oswald Teichmüller (1913–1943), German mathematician * Oswald Tesimond (1563–1636), English Jesuit part of the

Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against James VI and I, King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English ...

* Oswald Tippo (1911–1999), American botanist and educator * Oswald Tschirtner (1920–2007), Austrian artist *

Oswald Mathias Ungers Oswald Mathias Ungers (12 July 1926 – 30 September 2007) was a German architect and architectural theorist, known for his rationalist designs and the use of cubic forms. Among his notable projects are museums in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologn ...

(1926–2007), German architect *

Oswald Veblen Oswald Veblen (June 24, 1880 – August 10, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905; while this was lo ...

(1880–1960), American mathematician *

(1376/7–1445), a composer * Oswald Wardell-Yerburgh (1858–1913), Church of England clergyman * Oswald Werner (1928–2023), Czechoslovakian-American linguist *

Oswald West Oswald West (May 20, 1873 – August 22, 1960) was an American politician, a Democrat, who served most notably as the 14th Governor of Oregon. Early life West was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada but moved to Salem, Oregon with his family at t ...

(1873–1960), American politician, 14th Governor of Oregon * Oswald Wirth (1860–1943), Swiss occultist * Oswald Wynd (1913–1998), Scottish writer * Oswald Yorke (1866–1943), British actor * Oswald Zimmermann (1859–1910), German antisemitic politician and journalist

Fictional characters:

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie) is an animated series, animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short film ...

, an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

* Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot), fictional character appearing in American comic books published by

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

* Oswald Lee Harvey, a character appearing on the American television show, ''

The Drew Carey Show ''The Drew Carey Show'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995, to September 8, 2004. Set in Cleveland, Ohio, the series revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionaliz ...

'' *

, a character from British period crime drama television series, ''

Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1920s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to working-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racke ...

'' * Oswald Danes, a fictional character in the BBC television program, ''

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British-American science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect i ...

'' * Oswald Mcgullicuty, a fictional character from the ''

Saw A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, Wire saw, wire, or Chainsaw, chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws. Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...

'' franchise

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