Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name derived from either Irish or Old English.
Oscar is the third most popular name for males born in Sweden. Oskar is ranked 51 in terms of the most popular male names.
The name may be derived from two elements in Irish: the first, os, means "deer"; the second element, car, means "loving", thus deer-loving one or the like. 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". The name was popularised in the 18th century by James Macpherson, creator of 'Ossianic poetry'. Today the name is associated with Scandinavia because Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson's work and gave the name to his godson, Joseph Bernadotte, who later became Oscar I, King of Sweden. Consequently, at the time many Swedes were named Oscar. The name was given to more than a half-dozen members of Scandinavian royal houses.
The surname McCusker originates as an Anglicised form of the Irish Mac Oscair as does the anglicised surname Cosgrave. The former surname may originate from Oscar, or else from a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse Ásgeirr (a personal name itself composed of the elements meaning "god" and "spear").
Austrian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Swedish, Swiss German: Oskar.
Icelandic: Óskar.
Danish, Dutch, English, French, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish: Oscar.
Spanish: Óscar.
Finnish: Oskari, Okko, Osku (a pet form of Oskari).
Latin: Anscharius.
Latvian: Oskars.
Scottish Gaelic: Osgar.
Oscar I of Sweden, Swedish king of Sweden and Norway
Oscar II of Sweden, Swedish king of Sweden and Norway
Count Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg, Swedish duke of Gotland, prince of Sweden and Norway
Oscar Álvarez, Colombian road cyclist
Oscar Bernardi, Brazilian soccer player once known as "Oscar" (though "Oscar" by itself now in Brazil usually refers to the basketball player)
Oscar Brodney, American lawyer-turned-screenwriter
Óscar Chinchilla (born 1969), Guatemalan politician
Oscar Cortínez, Argentine marathon runner
Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
Oscar de la Renta, a Dominican-born American fashion designer
Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, Brazilian footballer
Oscar Fernandes, Indian politician
Óscar Fernández, Spanish long-distance runner
Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
Oscar Gamble, American baseball player
Oscar Hammerstein I (1847-1919), German-American theatre impresario
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), American songwriter and musical director
Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr., American sheriff
Oscar Hijuelos, Cuban-American novelist
Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, comedian, writer, and actor
Oscar Lloyd, British actor
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer
Oscar Pistorius, South African athlete
Oscar Raise, Italian high jumper
Oscar van Rappard (1896–1962), Dutch athlete and football (soccer) player
Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
Óscar Romero, Salvadoran priest
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian politician, president of Italy
Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
Óscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
Oscar Strático, Argentine judoka and wrestler
Óscar Téllez, Spanish football player
Oscar Traynor, Irish commander of the Dublin brigade IRA (1920-1922)
Óscar Vargas (cyclist), Colombian road cyclist
Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
Óscar Villarreal, American baseball player
Oscar Wendt, Swedish football player
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet
Oskar Alexander, Croatian academic painter and professor
Oskar Anderson, German-Russian mathematician
Oskar Andersson, Swedish cartoonist
Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer
Oskar Dirlewanger, German military officer and war criminal
Oskar Enkvist, Russian admiral
Oskar Fischer, Czech scientist
Oskar Fischer, German minister of foreign affairs
Oskar Gerde, Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer
Óskar Halldórsson, Icelandic scholar
Oskar Heil, German inventor
Oskar Homolka, Austrian film and theatre actor
Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss artist, poet and playwright
Oskar Lafontaine, German Minister of Finance
Oskar Merikanto, Finnish musician and composer
Oskar Morgenstern, German economist, co-author of a Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Oskar Nedbal, Czech musician
Oskar Osala, Finnish ice hockey player
Oskar Potiorek, Slovene officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oskar Roehler, German film director, screen writer and journalist
Oskar Schindler, German industrialist who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust
Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school.
Oskar Vogt, German physician and neurologist
Oskar von Hutier, German general
Prince Oskar of Prussia, German prince
Oscar (Irish mythology), the warrior son of Oisín and Niamh
Oscar Bluth, a character from the television series Arrested Development
Oscar François de Jarjayes, the main character of the manga and anime series Rose of Versailles
Oscar Goldman, a character from The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
Oscar the Grouch, a Muppet on Sesame Street
Oskar Kokoshka, a character from Hey Arnold!
Oscar Madison, a character from The Odd Couple
Oscar Martinez (The Office), a character from The Office
Oskar Matzerath, main character of The Tin Drum
Oscar Shales, a fictional fugitive from the television series Prison Break
Oskar Schell, the fictional protagonist from the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Oscar, a Lance Knight in the game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Oscar, a fish in Fish Hooks
Oskar Eriksson, the main character in Let the Right One In
Oscar Blaketon, character in Heartbeat
Oscar Branning, a fictional child from EastEnders
Oscar Osborne, a fictional child from Hollyoaks
Oscar, a fictional knight in the video game Dark Souls
Oscar, a kidnapped infant character in the film Ghostbusters II
Oskari Frösén, Finnish high jumper
Oskari Mantere, Finnish politician
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish politician
