The osman Surname
osman Name Meaning and History
- Turkish: from the Turkish personal name Osman, Turkish form of Arabic ?Uthman. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise.
- English: variant of Osmond.
- Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ans ‘god’ + man ‘man’.
- Dutch: occupational name for an ox driver, from os ‘ox’, ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’.
- German (Osmann): variant of Ossmann (see Ossman).
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Oshman or Hausman.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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