Do you know any boys called Osian?

[Snowdate]

Just that really 😊love the name but in the last few years it’s become popular and I don’t want a name that will become too popular (I know it’s a bit of an unknown!)
i have a name that was unusual when I was born and now it’s everywhere!
FYI we live outside Wales for context so guessing it’s not as usual in England 🤔

thank you in advance. X

I think it's lovely. I've never heard of it before. But I'm Irish and probably here people use Oisín

There's no 'oz' in Osian. It's "Osh"

I'm in South Wales. I know 3. I think it's a lovely name.

I’m in SW. England and know one, aged about seven.

I'd bear in mind that some posters seem to get mixed up between Osian, Oisín and Ossian.
They're different versions of the same name but look and sound different.

I knew a boy in Uni with the name, a very cool last name too. He used to get pretty annoyed with all our lecturers pronouncing it a variety of ways such as Ocean, Oshawn, Osh-ee--an etc. I think he pronounced it Osheen. His family were Irish

Are you sure he wasn't an Oisín rather than an Osian @Flopsy145? That's the Irish form.
Pronounced Ush-een or Osh-een depending on where in the country you're from.

Not currently, no.

Not to be confused with the town Osian in Jodhpur.

I teach, not in a school but come across 500 kids a week over 25 years. I've come across one Osian (O- sharn) in that time, welsh. I have taught several Oisin's though (yes entirely different/origin name).

I know 5 or 6 my kids age and younger (so under 22) in South wales. It’s a nice name and not too overdone imo.

It’s OSH-an. Short like Ann. It’s not difficult at all once you know how.

@SquirrelsAssemble , read the thread (if you haven't already) and you'll see a few posters confusing it with Oisin and Ossian (same name meaning but different languages and pronunciations).
It's popular in Wales and has been for decades.

OSH-ann. Stress on the Osh.

I lived in Wales for 11 years when I was younger and never came across this name, even though I was at a secondary school with a stream taught entirely in Welsh as it was their first language.

I do know a newborn baby Oisin from a family with Irish heritage. I have never met another of those , but think many people would confuse the two.

They sound very different, though I agree they look similar.
Osian- OSH-ann
Oisin- uh-SHEEN. or oh-SHEEN

@TheOriginalEmu I could see from PP that they don’t sound the same, it’s just I think people could confuse the two if they had only seen them written down. They are both lovely names, I just wondered if people mispronouncing the Welsh name could be a problem.

@TwirlBar yes you're right sorry, it was about ten years ago but I've just looked him up and it is spelt that way ☺️

Live in Wales so know quite a few but all absolutely lovely boys which makes it an even better name imo

@Evenstar , the names are from what is basically the same story, but one name is Irish (Oisín Osh-EEN), one Scottish (OSS-yan) and the other Welsh (Osian OSH-ann)

It's a bit like if OP asked 'Do you know any Giuliettas and will it work in England?' and people replied 'I know a Juliette' , 'No one will struggle with Guilietta', 'I know loads of Julias' or 'I know a Julieta and it's pronounced Hooly-etta'

Osian is OSH-ann, 'Osh' rhyming with Cosh, 'ann' rhyming with pan, stress is on the Osh.

Will it work in England? Maybe, but from this thread, I'd say pick something else.

I know many Osians and most are fine, but I can think of a really vile one.

I know 2 in London, a 3yo (Osh-ann) and a baby (Osh-un)

I find it this an extremely narrow minded response.
i can’t imagine telling someone to not consider a name in their heritage because a group of people may find it hard to pronounce (when it’s not even hard to pronounce).

the arrogance!

My brother is called Oisin. He's in his 50s. For most of his life he was the only one for miles around.

@Snowdate , i can’t imagine telling someone to not consider a name in their heritage because a group of people may find it hard to pronounce (when it’s not even hard to pronounce).

I didn't tell anyone to not consider a name in their heritage because a group of people may find it hard to pronounce (when it’s not even hard to pronounce) but I've read replies and seeing multiple spellings and pronunciations.

What I said was 'I'd say pick something else based on this thread' and I said that based on how many queried the pronunciation and how many of the replies were not about Osian but about Oisín or Ossian.