The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology—Oscar, grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhaill. In Old English, "os" means "god" and "gar" means "spear", thus "spear of god". Os- derived from Proto-Germanic *ansu-z (god, gods), as in the Old Norse name Asgeirr, Old English Osgar, or Old High German Ansger (Ansgar).
Osvaldo is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese equivalent to the English and German Oswald. Oswald is made up of the Germanic elements “Ås†meaning “god†and “weald†meaning “ruleâ€. Oswald is a name that dates back to the early Middle Ages in England and prevalent among the early Anglo-Saxons.
