Oskar

Oskar is the continental European form of the Old English and Old Norse name Oscar, composed of elements meaning god spear (from Old English os and gar) or alternatively derived from the Old Irish name Oscar, meaning deer friend (from os and cara). The name was popularized across Scandinavia and German-speaking lands in part through the influence of the Ossianic poems, the 18th-century works of James Macpherson that romanticized ancient Gaelic heroic figures. Napoleon Bonaparte's admiration for these poems led him to give the name to his godson, the future King Oscar I of Sweden, cementing the name's royal prestige in Scandinavia. Closely related forms include Oscar, Óskar, and Oskár.