Meaning and Origin
What does the name Osborne mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- 2 people from New Zealand and the United States agree the name Osborne is of Scandinavian origin and means "Bear God".
- A user from California, U.S. says the name Osborne means "God bear".
- English playwright (1929-1994)
From a medieval given name influenced by, or possibly derived from, Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, from áss (“god”) + bjǫrn (“bear”). See English bear.
- An English surname.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally transferred from the surname.
- A small city, the county seat of Osborne County, Kansas, United States.