Osbourn Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Osbourn and Osborne are two spellings with one history. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “God bear”.

A variant of Osborne

Osbourn is listed among the recognised spellings of Osborne. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Osbourne, Osborn and Ásbjörn.

How common is Osbourn?

About 1,140 people in the United States were recorded as Osbourn in 2010, placing it 22,543 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Osbourn family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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