Släkthistoria för Osa
Osa Vad efternamn betyder
Spanish: habitational name from a placename containing the word osa ‘she-bear’. Basque: Castilianized form of Otsa a habitational name from a place called Otsa (in Castilian: Osa) in Navarre from otso ‘wolf’. Japanese: usually written 筬 ‘reed (of a loom)’ and mainly found in Saga prefecture. It can also be written phonetically such as 小左 (‘small’ and ‘left’) in Shizuoka Chiba and Ishikawa prefectures or 尾佐 (‘tail’ and ‘help’) in Fukui Hiroshima and Shimane prefectures. The character 長 ‘long’ is also pronounced osa in some instances. Central African (mainly Equatorial Guinea): unexplained.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
