MEANING & HISTORY
What does Oswaldo mean?
Oswaldo is recorded in Spanish as the equivalent of Oswald. The older name combines Germanic elements for god or deity and power, as independently documented in the specialist medieval-name dictionary. The inherited divine reference is historical vocabulary.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
The cited sources trace Oswaldo through Germanic.
Wiktionary records Oswaldo as a personal name in Spanish.
Dictionary accounts by language
Spanish
Wiktionary: Oswaldo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
Similar names to Oswaldo
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- Osvaldo♂God and power; form of Oswald
- Waldo♂Surname from Waltheof, or a Germanic power-name short form
- Arnaldo♂Eagle power
- Donaldo♂Spanish Donald, from world and rule
- Heraldo♂Portuguese name through Hérard: army and strength
- Osmundo♂God and protection name family
- Romualdo♂Fame or glory and power
- Ronaldo♂Portuguese form of Ronald; counsel and rule
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Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate record · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.