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The baby name Osman is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈɒzmən/ or /ˈɔːzmən/; Turkish: /osˈman/; Classical Arabic (Uthmān): /ʊθˈmaːn/ (with initial ʿayn [ʕuθˈmaːn]).

Osman is Arabic in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Arabic
Pronunciation: English: /ˈɒzmən/ or /ˈɔːzmən/; Turkish: /osˈman/; Classical Arabic (Uthmān): /ʊθˈmaːn/ (with initial ʿayn [ʕuθˈmaːn])

What is the meaning of the name Osman ?

The baby name Osman is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈɒzmən/ or /ˈɔːzmən/; Turkish: /osˈman/; Classical Arabic (Uthmān): /ʊθˈmaːn/ (with initial ʿayn [ʕuθˈmaːn]).

Osman is Arabic in Origin.

Osman is the Turkish form of Arabic 'Uthmān (عثمان), a pre-Islamic Arabic personal name that also denotes the bustard, a hardy desert bird; many gloss it as "young bustard." The name entered Anatolian Turkish as Osman through Ottoman Turkish phonology, and from it the ethnonym Osmanlı ("Ottoman") derives, linking the name to centuries of imperial history.

Its prominence rests on two towering figures: Uthman ibn 'Affan, the third Rashidun caliph and organizer of the canonical Qur'anic recension, and Osman Gazi (Osman I), founder of the Ottoman dynasty. Usage remains steady across the Muslim world and diasporas. Common variants and transliterations include Uthman, Othman, Usman (South Asia), Ousmane (Francophone West Africa), Othmane (Maghreb), and Osman across Turkic, Balkan, and Bosnian contexts; Somali renders it Cusmaan. Related surnames include Osmani, Osmanović, and Othmani.

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Osman – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Germany Boys 2025 #1 — 423
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
ET 0 #5 2 246
SD Boys 0 #6 11,458 10,523
SD 0 #8 320 2,130
DJ 0 #11 7 322
TR 0 #13 99,178 19,440
DJ Boys 0 #15 29 657
ET Boys 0 #20 8 678
HN 0 #20 3 704
TM Boys 0 #28 9 614
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
HN Boys 0 #29 25 749
BN 0 #31 2 2,297
BI Girls 0 #33 1 726
AZ 0 #41 3 706
GE 0 #43 2 997
BI Boys 0 #44 1 917
AF 0 #53 24 1,883
AL 0 #58 18 2,372
BG Boys 0 #63 306 3,850
AZ Girls 0 #74 2 1,051
MV Boys 0 #76 4 3,375
SI 0 #76 5 1,612
AO 0 #77 1 2,729
BG 0 #78 5 1,799
AF Girls 0 #81 14 2,402
QA 0 #81 20 7,011
CN 0 #85 2 3,857
AZ Boys 0 #86 48 1,400
IQ Boys 0 #86 2,510 13,071
GH Boys 0 #90 703 8,138
KZ 0 #90 5 1,452
BN Boys 0 #91 43 6,332
GH 0 #91 193 5,396
MD Girls 0 #92 1 865
GE Boys 0 #97 13 2,055
IQ 0 #102 28 3,533
OM 0 #106 11 6,215
KW 0 #107 10 5,216
GE Girls 0 #108 1 1,564
BN Girls 0 #113 2 5,459
AF Boys 0 #117 197 3,535
SI Boys 0 #118 96 3,402
BD Boys 0 #121 1,246 10,045
EE Boys 0 #124 2 2,087
Norway Boys 2025 #130 5 444
BD 0 #130 99 5,992
CY Boys 0 #130 2 3,473
AL Boys 0 #131 202 5,122
GR 0 #131 5 3,911
PA 0 #131 8 3,797
Switzerland Boys 2024 #133 5 1,769
RS Boys 0 #133 22 2,277
ID Boys 0 #134 2 4,130
JO 0 #136 5 2,158
MU 0 #136 2 3,613
AE 0 #141 37 10,220
BW Boys 0 #150 5 4,685
EG Boys 0 #152 4,369 15,035
DK Boys 0 #154 222 7,401
SA 0 #154 147 10,560
Austria Boys 0 #156 494 2,180
CR 0 #161 5 5,526
Sweden Boys 2022 #164 19 1,509
MT Boys 0 #167 10 4,064
HU Boys 0 #169 6 3,954
Belgium Boys 2023 #171 25 415
GR Boys 0 #174 96 6,912
KZ Boys 0 #175 127 6,578
PR Boys 0 #176 3 2,508
GT Boys 0 #177 576 7,625
SI Girls 0 #177 1 2,769
SD Girls 0 #180 191 7,678
HR 0 #181 1 2,081
OM Boys 0 #184 1,447 17,948
MY Boys 0 #187 2,375 25,439
RU 0 #187 8 3,641
GH Girls 0 #189 162 6,973
DK 0 #192 12 5,198
Austria 0 #194 20 850
Germany Boys 0 #209 2,072 5,697
PL 0 #211 2 2,600
LU Boys 0 #218 3 4,970
PS 0 #222 5 5,692
BG Girls 0 #225 7 3,559
AL Girls 0 #227 1 4,141
IR 0 #230 2 4,221
MO Boys 0 #230 5 5,842
SA Boys 0 #230 6,050 28,008
HR Boys 0 #231 28 3,997
GT 0 #240 75 5,948
AO Boys 0 #241 9 5,568
EC Boys 0 #241 6 3,322
GR Girls 0 #248 2 6,293
QA Boys 0 #249 631 18,093
TW Boys 0 #249 8 7,111
LY 0 #251 346 12,703
NA Boys 0 #253 1 6,830
SG 0 #259 11 11,010
Canada Boys 2024 #260 47 2,588
NG 0 #270 3 5,926
RU Boys 0 #275 270 12,621
EG 0 #277 133 6,387
JP Boys 0 #277 21 7,909
IL 0 #280 3 6,291
MY 0 #287 44 12,352
JM Boys 0 #293 1 6,876
QA Girls 0 #293 24 15,378
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
PA Boys 0 #298 209 9,305
OM Girls 0 #299 98 15,987
BD Girls 0 #300 87 8,413
CN Boys 0 #300 20 9,639
CZ Boys 0 #301 5 6,530
NL Boys 0 #302 1,201 5,873
YE 0 #307 75 8,639
CO Boys 0 #310 1,378 15,656
France Boys 2021 #321 67 2,865
BH 0 #325 234 17,937
PL Boys 0 #325 11 6,459
PE 0 #326 4 6,350
DK Girls 0 #327 3 7,429
AE Boys 0 #338 1,311 22,615
JO Girls 0 #338 2 7,570
JO Boys 0 #340 38 7,057
MU Boys 0 #340 18 8,477
NL 0 #340 52 2,481
Germany 0 #346 93 2,542
Finland Boys 0 #351 77 2,041
BO 0 #353 29 6,868
LB 0 #353 373 13,263
BR 0 #354 7 5,969
KW Boys 0 #355 496 18,755
PT Boys 0 #355 13 7,951
HK 0 #356 2 8,483
BO Boys 0 #357 281 9,244
PS Boys 0 #358 201 10,655
CN Girls 0 #359 1 8,829
MU Girls 0 #361 2 8,539
SG Boys 0 #362 399 17,960
IR Boys 0 #370 201 10,162
SY 0 #387 416 11,684
CL 0 #393 19 6,867
PH Boys 0 #405 4 11,440
UY Boys 0 #409 5 5,922
CR Boys 0 #416 72 10,188
CL Boys 0 #424 277 13,390
IQ Girls 0 #427 78 11,303
ZA 0 #432 16 14,421
MX 0 #440 6 8,339
Spain 0 #443 10 2,326
CO 0 #446 35 7,768
AR Boys 0 #458 10 7,628
PT Girls 0 #471 1 7,952
KW Girls 0 #474 42 19,177
HK Boys 0 #483 45 12,905
IL Boys 0 #485 123 10,983
AE Girls 0 #509 45 20,968
PA Girls 0 #518 1 9,861
RU Girls 0 #522 2 11,913
Finland Boys 2026 #529 159 3,552
GT Girls 0 #533 9 7,500
IR Girls 0 #539 7 8,334
PS Girls 0 #545 3 10,981
CM Boys 0 #567 9 12,054
SG Girls 0 #574 13 18,916
IN Girls 0 #620 12 13,121
IL Girls 0 #643 3 11,648
BO Girls 0 #650 2 9,488
HK Girls 0 #650 1 16,104
SA Girls 0 #657 280 25,931
ZA Boys 0 #666 612 25,619
United States Boys 2024 #678 216 7,044
DZ 0 #684 554 20,130
BR Boys 0 #689 63 12,213
IT 0 #689 26 4,183
MX Boys 0 #732 254 16,355
IT Boys 0 #746 879 10,046
PE Boys 0 #763 116 14,506
Spain Boys 0 #779 153 5,610
TN 0 #783 47 13,765
Germany Girls 0 #801 38 4,949
NG Girls 0 #821 6 15,093
NG Boys 0 #849 103 16,906
EG Girls 0 #853 107 14,742
IN Boys 0 #856 146 16,750
MA 0 #890 240 20,986
CL Girls 0 #913 3 14,098
MY Girls 0 #923 72 24,821
NL Girls 0 #939 17 5,933
CO Girls 0 #1,063 16 16,140
ZA Girls 0 #1,109 33 25,928
MX Girls 0 #1,262 6 17,781
IT Girls 0 #1,429 18 9,415

Osman is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

Norway
France
Canada
Switzerland
United States

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People also ask about Osman

Osman is predominantly a boy's name.
Osman is a 2 syllable name, pronounced English: /ˈɒzmən/ or /ˈɔːzmən/; Turkish: /osˈman/; Classical Arabic (Uthmān): /ʊθˈmaːn/ (with initial ʿayn [ʕuθˈmaːn]).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Uthman, Uthmaan, Othman, Othmaan, Usman and Usmaan.
Across languages, Osman has these equivalents: Uthman (Arabic), Osman (Turkish/Ottoman), Usman (Urdu/Persian/Hausa/South Asia), Ousmane (West African, French transliteration), Othman (alternative transliteration).
Yes, very popular — Osman ranked #1 in Germany in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 11 countries.
Osman ranks highest in Germany (#1 in 2025).
Osman's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #132 in 2015 to #130 in 2025 in Norway.