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Oscar

أوسكارIn Arabic

Meaning
Irish 'friend of deer' or Old English 'god's spear'; origin uncertain
About the name
Oscar was popularised in the 18th century by James Macpherson's Ossian poems. Napoleon admired them and gave the name to his godson, who became Oscar I of Sweden, which spread it across Scandinavia.
For
A boy
Origin
Celtic, Germanic
Other spellings
Oskar

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

One proposed meaning mentions a god (Old English os); the Irish meaning does not, and the origin is uncertain. A scholar's call if it matters.

Confidence: medium

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