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  1. You can see how Osborne families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Osborne family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Osborne families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1840 there were 52 Osborne families living in New York. This was about 18% of all the recorded ...

  2. The surname Osborne is derived from the Old Norse personal name Asbjorn, meaning divine bear. Alternatively the name was Anglicized as Osbeorn and Osbern from the Old English word "be (o)rn" which meant "god warrior." Osbernus was presbyter in record (1097-1107), and Osbern was capellanus (chaplain) from 1107 to 1124.

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  4. Osborne. English: from the Middle English personal name Osbern, partly from late Old English Ōsbern, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Ásbiǫrn (from áss ‘god’ + biǫrn ‘bear’), but more usually from Norman use of the cognate ancient Germanic Ōsbern. Osbern was often treated as an alternative form of Osbert. For pet forms see Hoskin ...

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  5. Osborne Name Meaning. English: from the Middle English personal name Osbern, partly from late Old English Ōsbern, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Ásbiǫrn (from áss ‘god’ + biǫrn ‘bear’), but more usually from Norman use of the cognate ancient Germanic Ōsbern. Osbern was often treated as an alternative form of Osbert.

  6. The surname is the 3,692 nd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 47,910 people. The surname Osborne occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Osborne live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Osborne is also the 97,459 th most commonly used first name internationally. It ...

  7. Last name: Osborne. SDB Popularity ranking: 19. This is a medieval English surname but one of truly ancient 'Viking' origins. The modern surname (in its many spellings) derives from the Norse personal name 'Asbiorn', composed of the elements 'As' meaning 'god' and 'Bjorn', - the bear. The Vikings, as befitted their warlike image, were very keen ...

  8. Origin. Osborne : English: from the Middle English personal name Osbern partly from late Old English Ōsbern an Anglicized form of Old Norse Ásbiǫrn (from áss ‘god’ + biǫrn ‘bear’) but more usually from Norman use of the cognate ancient Germanic Ōsbern. Osbern was often treated as an alternative form of Osbert. For pet forms see ...

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