Ozzy

Where Ozzy comes from

Clippings + -y
— Wiktionary's entry for Ozzy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #4,234 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Ozzy Zoltak born
    Israeli musical artist
  3. 2002
    Ozzy Wiesblatt born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #548
    548 babies named Ozzy — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given names Oswald and Oscar.
Namesakes
  • Ozzy Wiesblatt · Canadian ice hockey player, born 2002
  • Ozzy Zoltak · Israeli musical artist, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.