Osama
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Osama (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Osama has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 118 |
| 2000 | 134 |
| 2001 | 149 |
| 2002 | 161 |
| 2003 | 168 |
| 2004 | 180 |
| 2005 | 188 |
| 2006 | 205 |
| 2007 | 220 |
| 2008 | 236 |
| 2009 | 248 |
| 2010 | 269 |
| 2011 | 278 |
| 2012 | 299 |
| 2013 | 341 |
| 2014 | 447 |
| 2015 | 548 |
| 2016 | 728 |
| 2017 | 822 |
| 2018 | 850 |
| 2019 | 883 |
| 2020 | 896 |
Osama in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Osama.Hi! My name is Osama.
- Har du träffat Osama? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Osama? He started working here on Monday.
- Osama har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Osama has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Osamas mamma är lärare.Osama's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Osamas mamma is Osama's mum.
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Questions about Osama
How do you pronounce Osama in Swedish?
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What does the name Osama mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).
How popular is Osama in Sweden?
3 babies were named Osama in 2022. In 2020, 896 people in Sweden had Osama as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.