Meaning of the nameOsana

Osana is a spelling of the name Hosana, which means “save, please (exclamation of praise)”.

Meaning

“save, please (exclamation of praise)”

Meaning of the name Hosana, of which Osana is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: hosanna · Behind the Name: Hosanna

People (2022): 5,581
Rank in Brazil: #2,547
Median age: 46 years
2010 Census: 7,705; people

Osana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Osana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,509 people).

5,444 women 137 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Osana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Osana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Pernambuco 0.005%
Paraíba 0.005%
Piauí 0.004%
Ceará 0.004%
Maranhão 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	953	0.002%
Bahia	491	0.004%
Minas Gerais	433	0.002%
Pernambuco	422	0.005%
Ceará	371	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	361	0.002%
Paraná	286	0.003%
Maranhão	263	0.004%
Pará	241	0.003%
Goiás	232	0.003%
Paraíba	183	0.005%
Piauí	144	0.004%
Espírito Santo	143	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	140	0.001%
Mato Grosso	117	0.003%
Santa Catarina	111	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	110	0.003%
Rondônia	86	0.005%
Distrito Federal	84	0.003%
Amazonas	83	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	83	0.003%
Alagoas	72	0.002%
Sergipe	54	0.002%
Tocantins	50	0.003%
Acre	34	0.004%
Roraima	23	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Osana

It omits the initial H, which is silent in Portuguese; proportionally, it appears most in Pernambuco.

About the name Hosana

Hosana comes from the liturgical exclamation hosana, which Priberam gives as from Ecclesiastical Latin hosanna, of Hebrew origin. Wiktionary traces hosanna from Latin and from Greek ὡσαννά back to Aramaic and, before that, Biblical Hebrew hōshaʿ nā, 'save, please'. Behind the Name records Hosanna as a feminine biblical name, with the Hebrew meaning 'save us', and notes that in the New Testament the expression is addressed to Jesus on his arrival in Jerusalem. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,322 people named Hosana, with a median age of 43; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraíba.

Other spellings of Hosana

Spelling	People (2022)
Hosana	11,322
Osana	5,581

Sources

Wiktionary: hosanna · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hosanna · behindthename.com · meaning
Priberam: hosana · dicionario.priberam.org · origin

Questions about the name Osana

What does the name Osana mean?

Osana means “save, please (exclamation of praise)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Hosana, of which Osana is a spelling.

How many people are named Osana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,581 people with the first name Osana, which ranks it number 2,547 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Osana a boy's or a girl's name?

Osana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,444 women and 137 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Osana?

Osana is a name of Hebrew and Aramaic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Osana most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.005% of the state's population is named Osana (422 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Osana?

Hosana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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