Ostin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies

Ostin by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Ostin. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ostin

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ostin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Oswingod friend; os (god) and wine (friend)12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Osmin12 in the US (2017)
  • Osten6 in the US (2017)
  • Osianlittle deer; a form of Oisín165 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Osmanbone; a name of ottoman origin82 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Oisinlittle fawn75 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ostin

Names that are said the same way as Ostin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Ostin

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