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Oswaldo

“god, deity” + “power”

masculineLatin script

[ozˈβ̞al̪.d̪o] · Spanish

Origin: Not established
4 language contexts: English French Spanish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Oswaldo

Oswaldo is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Oswald, for which English Wiktionary gives the components “god, deity” + “power”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “god, deity” + “power”

* (Brazil) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oˈzwaw.du/ [oˈzwaʊ̯.du] * (Portugal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɔˈzwal.du/ [ɔˈzwaɫ.du]

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: OswaldCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Oswaldo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Oswaldo’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 41 boys (rank 2991). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 18 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Oswaldo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 41; applications; Rank #2,991
Peak year: 2006; 461 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Oswaldo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	8	2,829	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	5	4,179	observed
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	7	3,517	observed
1922	6	3,872	observed
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	7	3,505	observed
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	5	4,201	observed
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	9	2,781	observed
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	5	3,642	observed
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	6	3,147	observed
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	5	3,525	observed
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	7	3,010	observed
1949	7	3,019	observed
1950	5	3,681	observed
1951	10	2,495	observed
1952	12	2,251	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	21	1,668	observed
1955	14	2,139	observed
1956	21	1,722	observed
1957	15	2,093	observed
1958	22	1,677	observed
1959	20	1,806	observed
1960	20	1,812	observed
1961	28	1,521	observed
1962	26	1,546	observed
1963	20	1,792	observed
1964	21	1,729	observed
1965	21	1,720	observed
1966	23	1,613	observed
1967	21	1,711	observed
1968	25	1,574	observed
1969	29	1,492	observed
1970	25	1,743	observed
1971	53	1,127	observed
1972	53	1,120	observed
1973	39	1,329	observed
1974	46	1,229	observed
1975	51	1,181	observed
1976	54	1,163	observed
1977	49	1,268	observed
1978	54	1,214	observed
1979	36	1,598	observed
1980	58	1,204	observed
1981	38	1,577	observed
1982	58	1,217	observed
1983	52	1,275	observed
1984	39	1,556	observed
1985	43	1,524	observed
1986	60	1,242	observed
1987	50	1,439	observed
1988	57	1,373	observed
1989	82	1,173	observed
1990	90	1,135	observed
1991	84	1,210	observed
1992	71	1,340	observed
1993	92	1,163	observed
1994	86	1,254	observed
1995	88	1,239	observed
1996	112	1,079	observed
1997	107	1,151	observed
1998	113	1,127	observed
1999	135	1,028	observed
2000	127	1,107	observed
2001	191	845	observed
2002	184	886	observed
2003	240	745	observed
2004	269	713	observed
2005	312	673	observed
2006	461	549	observed
2007	290	758	observed
2008	208	963	observed
2009	172	1,078	observed
2010	120	1,390	observed
2011	95	1,611	observed
2012	88	1,711	observed
2013	69	1,989	observed
2014	83	1,794	observed
2015	64	2,145	observed
2016	57	2,305	observed
2017	48	2,597	observed
2018	53	2,445	observed
2019	38	3,103	observed
2020	51	2,505	observed
2021	52	2,523	observed
2022	45	2,830	observed
2023	44	2,848	observed
2024	43	2,915	observed
2025	41	2,991	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Oswaldo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Oswaldo Sánchez
born 1973
Mexican association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo López Arellano
1921–2010
President of Honduras from 1963–71 and 1972–75
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo de Oliveira
born 1950
Brazilian association football player and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo Payá
1952–2012
Cuban activist (1952-2012)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo Alanis
born 1989
Mexican footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Oswaldo with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q2647883CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: OswaldCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OsvaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Mexico City — registered given-name components, selected top 100 per sex/year, 2000–2022
Dirección General del Registro Civil, Ciudad de México · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Oswaldo

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “god, deity” + “power”

* (Brazil) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oˈzwaw.du/ [oˈzwaʊ̯.du] * (Portugal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɔˈzwal.du/ [ɔˈzwaɫ.du]

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: OswaldCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Oswaldo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Oswaldo’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 41 boys (rank 2991). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 18 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Oswaldo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 41; applications; Rank #2,991
Peak year: 2006; 461 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Oswaldo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	8	2,829	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	5	4,179	observed
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	7	3,517	observed
1922	6	3,872	observed
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	7	3,505	observed
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	5	4,201	observed
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	9	2,781	observed
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	5	3,642	observed
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	6	3,147	observed
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	5	3,525	observed
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	7	3,010	observed
1949	7	3,019	observed
1950	5	3,681	observed
1951	10	2,495	observed
1952	12	2,251	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	21	1,668	observed
1955	14	2,139	observed
1956	21	1,722	observed
1957	15	2,093	observed
1958	22	1,677	observed
1959	20	1,806	observed
1960	20	1,812	observed
1961	28	1,521	observed
1962	26	1,546	observed
1963	20	1,792	observed
1964	21	1,729	observed
1965	21	1,720	observed
1966	23	1,613	observed
1967	21	1,711	observed
1968	25	1,574	observed
1969	29	1,492	observed
1970	25	1,743	observed
1971	53	1,127	observed
1972	53	1,120	observed
1973	39	1,329	observed
1974	46	1,229	observed
1975	51	1,181	observed
1976	54	1,163	observed
1977	49	1,268	observed
1978	54	1,214	observed
1979	36	1,598	observed
1980	58	1,204	observed
1981	38	1,577	observed
1982	58	1,217	observed
1983	52	1,275	observed
1984	39	1,556	observed
1985	43	1,524	observed
1986	60	1,242	observed
1987	50	1,439	observed
1988	57	1,373	observed
1989	82	1,173	observed
1990	90	1,135	observed
1991	84	1,210	observed
1992	71	1,340	observed
1993	92	1,163	observed
1994	86	1,254	observed
1995	88	1,239	observed
1996	112	1,079	observed
1997	107	1,151	observed
1998	113	1,127	observed
1999	135	1,028	observed
2000	127	1,107	observed
2001	191	845	observed
2002	184	886	observed
2003	240	745	observed
2004	269	713	observed
2005	312	673	observed
2006	461	549	observed
2007	290	758	observed
2008	208	963	observed
2009	172	1,078	observed
2010	120	1,390	observed
2011	95	1,611	observed
2012	88	1,711	observed
2013	69	1,989	observed
2014	83	1,794	observed
2015	64	2,145	observed
2016	57	2,305	observed
2017	48	2,597	observed
2018	53	2,445	observed
2019	38	3,103	observed
2020	51	2,505	observed
2021	52	2,523	observed
2022	45	2,830	observed
2023	44	2,848	observed
2024	43	2,915	observed
2025	41	2,991	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Oswaldo Sánchez
born 1973
Mexican association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo López Arellano
1921–2010
President of Honduras from 1963–71 and 1972–75
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo de Oliveira
born 1950
Brazilian association football player and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo Payá
1952–2012
Cuban activist (1952-2012)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Oswaldo Alanis
born 1989
Mexican footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q2647883CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: OswaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: OswaldCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OsvaldoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Mexico City — registered given-name components, selected top 100 per sex/year, 2000–2022
Dirección General del Registro Civil, Ciudad de México · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Oswaldo

Meaning in the sources

Where Oswaldo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Oswaldo Sánchez

Oswaldo López Arellano

Oswaldo de Oliveira

Oswaldo Payá

Oswaldo Alanis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Osvald

Osvaldo

Oswald

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Oswaldo

Meaning in the sources

Where Oswaldo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Oswaldo Sánchez

Oswaldo López Arellano

Oswaldo de Oliveira

Oswaldo Payá

Oswaldo Alanis

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Osvald

Osvaldo

Oswald

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page