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Ossie
How to Pronounce Ossie
Pronounced OSS-ee /ˈɒs.i/High
Meaning: Ossie is a pet form of names beginning with 'Os-,' such as Osie, Ostend, or the Old English Oswald, os, 'god,' and weald, 'power' — 'divine power.' As an early-American girl's name it reads as an affectionate Os- diminutive, and we note the varied parents.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Ossie is a diminutive of names beginning with 'Os-,' among them Osie and the Old English Oswald, 'god-power.' Written as a full given name in the early twentieth century, chiefly in the South, it reached its high near 1919 at close to a hundred girls a year.
A woman named Ossie at that peak would be past a hundred today. The name faded by mid-century and reads as an antique -ie diminutive of varied parentage, which we note; Essie and Ollie are its nearest kin in sound and era.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Ossie mean?
Ossie is a diminutive of names beginning with 'Os-,' such as Osie or Oswald, 'god-power'; we note the varied parents.
How do you pronounce Ossie?
It's said OSS-ee /ˈɒs.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Ossie a boy or girl name?
Ossie was used for both sexes but appears here as a girl's name.
How popular is Ossie?
Ossie was an uncommon early-century choice that peaked in the nineteen-teens and has been rare since; it hasn't revived.