Ossian

An anglicisation, made known by James Macpherson, of Irish Oisín, diminutive form of os (“deer”).

Ossian

1. A male given name from Irish; rather rare in the Anglo-Saxon world.
   • 1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 204:

     Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song.

2. A place name:
   1. A town in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States.
   2. A minor city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.
   3. A town in Livingston County, New York, United States.
   4. A river that flows from Loch Ossian, Highland council area, Scotland, ultimately joining the River Spean.

• Ossianesque
• Ossianic
• Ossianism
• Ossianize

• Loch Ossian

• Saino's, Sionas, saison, Sianos

From English Ossian via Swedish in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈosːiɑn/, [ˈo̞s̠ːiɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -osːiɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Os‧si‧an
• Hyphenation^(key): Os‧si‧an

Ossian

1. a male given name from English; mostly used as a middle name

• Ossi

• Ossian is the 742^nd (tied with 4 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 187 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,121 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• noissa, osasin

From English Ossian. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1804.

Ossian c (genitive Ossians)

1. a male given name from English

In continuous use since the 19th century, though never as popular in Sweden as Macpherson's other creation, Oscar.