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Ozzie

Ozzie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“divine power”
Origin
English
Say it
OZ-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (23% girls, 77% boys since 1880)

English nickname used for names such as Oswald, Osmond, Oscar, or Osborne. Its meaning depends on the source name; from Oswald, a common source, it reflects Old English elements meaning god and power.

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How popular is Ozzie?

202457.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ozzie in 2024190

2024 rank#1,411 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,010

Ozzie is rising: use over the last five years is 3.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ozzie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Ozzie questions

What does the name Ozzie mean?

Ozzie means "divine power". It comes from English. English nickname used for names such as Oswald, Osmond, Oscar, or Osborne. Its meaning depends on the source name; from Oswald, a common source, it reflects Old English elements meaning god and power.

Is Ozzie a boy or girl name?

Ozzie is used for both: about 23% of US babies named Ozzie since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Ozzie?

190 US babies were named Ozzie in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Ozzie?

Ozzie is usually pronounced OZ-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.