Ozzie

Ozzie is an English given name functioning as a pet form of names beginning with Os-, a Germanic element meaning god. It is most commonly a diminutive of Oswald, Osborn, or Oscar, all of which carry the Old English or Old Norse prefix os, referring to a deity. The name gained broad popular recognition through the American musician Ozzy Osbourne and the fictional television father Ozzie Nelson of the 1950s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The spelling variant Ozzy is frequently encountered alongside it.