# Osborne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/osborne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “god”, “bear” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɒzbɔː(ɹ)n/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ausburn, Orsburn, Osborn, Osbourne, Ozbun, Ozburn, Usborne |
| US babies named this | 1,754 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,754 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a medieval given name influenced by, or possibly derived from, Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, from áss (“god”) + bjǫrn (“bear”). Compare also Old English Ōsbeorn. Components related to Æsir and bear respectively.

## What it means

Osborne is grouped under bear and god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,381 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,878 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,589 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,754 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,894 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,635 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,572 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,437 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,756 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,508 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,718 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,375 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,430 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,110 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,663 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |

## People named Osborne

- Osborne Reynolds, Anglo-Irish innovator (1842-1912)
- Osborne Anderson, American ice hockey player (1908–1989)
- Osborne Riviere, Dominican politician (1932-2017)
- Edward O. Wilson, American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)
- Ozzie Smith, American professional baseball player, shortstop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.