Oskar means divine spear or deer friend — the K-ending Scandinavian/German form of Oscar, from the Old English/Norse. Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust — Schindler's List. The K follows authentic Scandinavian patterns. Two syllables of saved-1,200-lives, Schindler's-List, and K-Scandinavian divine-spear.
Old English/Norse (divine spear)→K-Scandinavian Oskar
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Old English / Norse roots
Oskar IS the K-Scandinavian Oscar. Schindler saved 1,200 lives — Schindler's List IS the most important film.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: K-ending; Oskar Schindler (1908–1974).
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Today
Oskar remains a beloved choice, ranking #1409 in the US. 3,148 babies have been named Oskar since 1916.
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How popular is Oskar?
2016peak year
Today, Oskar is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #1409), with only about 129 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2016, 160 babies were given the name (ranked #1191 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Oskar's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 3,148 babies have been registered as Oskar since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Oskar's Life Path 9 is the humanitarian's number — 1,200-lives humanitarianism. People named Oskar tend to be powerful, heroic, and gifted at K-Scandinavian saving 1,200 lives.
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K-Scandinavian saved 1,200
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Schindler's-List
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Most-important-film
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Divine-spear
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Maximum-heroic
O6
S1
K2
A1
R9
Sum: 19 → Life path 1
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Personality of Oskar
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Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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