Ousman
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ousman by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Ousman. In the US, 11 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 26 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ousman
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 Ousman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Osmanbone; a name of ottoman origin82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ousmane32 in the US (2017)
- Osianlittle deer; a form of Oisín165 in England and Wales (2025)
- Osmarfamous god; form of Osmer61 in the US (2017)
- Oumarlong-lived or life; form of Umar5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Othmanlion; lionlike9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ousman
Names that are said the same way as Ousman, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Osmin12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ousman
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