Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic ; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix . For example, King Æþelred 's name was derived from æþele , meaning "noble", and ræd , meaning "counsel".
14-658: Oswald may refer to: People [ edit ] Oswald (given name) , including a list of people with the name Oswald (surname) , including a list of people with the name Fictional characters [ edit ] Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Oswald, servant of Goneril in Shakespeare's play King Lear Oswald Bastable , in E. Nesbit's novel The Story of
28-599: A Marvel Comics mutant Clara Oswald , a character in the British science fiction TV series Doctor Who Oswald Danes , in the British science fiction TV series Torchwood: Miracle Day Oswald "Otto" Rocket, on the American animated children's TV series Rocket Power Oswald, a blue octopus and main character in the Nick Jr. TV series Oswald Oswald (King of Fighters) , a video game character Oswald, from
42-621: A World War II destroyer escort HMS Oswald , an Odin-class submarine built in 1928 Other uses [ edit ] Oswald (TV series) , an American-British children's animated television series, also the title character OsWALD , a 1988 Danish computer game Oswald Labs , an accessibility technology company Oswald State Correctional Facility, a fictional prison in the television series Oz Oswald (typeface) , developed by Vernon Adams; see Franklin Gothic § Oswald See also [ edit ] Baron St Oswald ,
56-535: A remnant of their second element, but reduced so that it cannot be identified unambiguously any longer; Curt/Kurt may abbreviate either Conrad or Cunibert. Harry may abbreviate either Harold or Henry. Other monothematic names may have originated as bynames rather than hypocorisms of old dithematic names; examples may include Old English Æsc "ash tree", Carl "free man" ( Charles ), Hengest "stallion", Raban "raven" ( Rabanus Maurus ), Hagano/ Hagen "enclosure", Earnest "vigorous, resolute". Germanic names often feature
70-555: A title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Saint Oswald (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Oswald Oswaldo , a given name Oswalt , a given name and surname Ostwald (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oswald . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
84-461: Is a masculine given name, from Old English Osƿeald , from os "god" and ƿeald "rule". The Old High German cognate was Answald , the Old Norse form was Ásvaldr . Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604–641/2) was a king of Northumbria and is venerated as saint. The name fell out of use in the later medieval period, although it appears to have been rarely given in reference to the saint even in
98-753: The High Middle Ages , many of these names had undergone numerous sound changes and/or were abbreviated, so that their derivation is not always clear. Of the large number of medieval Germanic names, a comparatively small set remains in common use today. For almost a thousand years, the most frequent name of Germanic origin in the English-speaking world has traditionally been William (from the Old High German Willahelm ), followed by Robert , Richard and Henry . Many native English (Anglo-Saxon) names fell into disuse in
112-504: The 1st century CE, and in greater frequency, especially Gothic names , in the late Roman Empire, in the 4th to 5th centuries (the Germanic Heroic Age ). A great variety of names are attested from the medieval period , falling into the rough categories of Scandinavian ( Old Norse ), Anglo-Saxon ( Old English ), continental ( Frankish , Old High German and Low German ), and East Germanic (see Gothic names ) forms. By
126-767: The Treasure Seekers and Michael Moorcock's unrelated novel The Warlord of the Air Roald Dahl's title character in the novel My Uncle Oswald , as well as two short stories Oswald the Lucky Rabbit , a cartoon character from the 1920s and 1930s created by Walt Disney Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, Batman villain better known as the Penguin Oswald Baskerville, in the Pandora Hearts manga Oswald (comics) ,
140-540: The given name include: Anglo-Saxon name However, there are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms , short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the supposed original name cannot be recovered. The oldest known Germanic names date to the Roman Empire period, such as those of Arminius and his wife Thusnelda in
154-559: The late 14th century, as evidenced by the name of German poet and diplomat Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/7–1445). The name was revived in the 19th century, but it was never frequently given. Its popularity in the United States peaked in 1886 at rank 451, and it fell below rank 1,000 in the mid-1930s. By contrast, the Hispanic form Osvaldo became popular in the United States by the 1970s, peaking at rank 410 in 2004. People with
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#1732772251094168-1007: The later Middle Ages, but experienced a revival in the Victorian era ; some of these are Edward , Edwin , Edmund , Edgar , Alfred , Oswald and Harold for males; the female names Mildred and Gertrude also continue to be used in present day, Audrey continues the Anglo-Norman (French) form of the Anglo-Saxon Æðelþryð , while the name Godiva is a Latin form of Godgifu . Some names, like Howard and Ronald , are thought to originate from multiple Germanic languages, including Anglo-Saxon. OH þrúðr, OE þrȳð, drut, trud, thrud, thryth Some medieval Germanic names are attested in simplex form; these names may have originated as hypocorisms of full dithematic names, but in some cases they entered common usage and were no longer perceived as such. Some hypocorisms retain
182-447: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald&oldid=1238799948 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oswald (given name) Oswald ( / ˈ ɒ z w ə l d / )
196-575: The video game Odin Sphere Oswald Mandus, the protagonist of the 2013 survival horror video game Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Places [ edit ] Oswald, New South Wales , Australia, a suburb of the City of Maitland local government area Oswald, Missouri , United States, a ghost town Oswald, West Virginia , United States, an unincorporated community Ships [ edit ] USS Oswald (DE-767) ,
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