Meaning of the nameOseas

Oseas is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a form of the biblical name Hoshea (Oseias), meaning 'salvation'.

Meaning

“salvation”

Source: Behind the Name: Hoshea · Wiktionary: Hosea

People (2022): 4,249
Rank in Brazil: #3,074
Median age: 44 years
2010 Census: 5,991; people

Oseas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Oseas, 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 (1,006 people).

39 women 4,210 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 Oseas is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.004%
Piauí 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.003%
Maranhão 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	853	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	523	0.003%
Bahia	347	0.003%
Pernambuco	287	0.003%
Minas Gerais	244	0.001%
Pará	239	0.003%
Paraná	225	0.002%
Maranhão	215	0.003%
Espírito Santo	141	0.004%
Ceará	138	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	118	0.001%
Piauí	113	0.004%
Amazonas	110	0.003%
Goiás	98	0.001%
Santa Catarina	95	0.001%
Alagoas	95	0.003%
Paraíba	69	0.002%
Distrito Federal	59	0.002%
Sergipe	51	0.002%
Mato Grosso	42	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	39	0.001%
Rondônia	36	0.002%
Tocantins	32	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	28	0.001%
Amapá	28	0.004%

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

About the name Oseas

Behind the Name lists Oseas and Oseias as forms of the Hebrew name Hosheaʿ, glossed as 'salvation' and linked to the verb yashaʿ, 'to save'. Wiktionary describes the Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ as the imperative of the verb 'to save'. Oseas is the form of the name in Biblical Latin and in Spanish; the name of the prophet and of the Old Testament book, in Portuguese, is Oseias. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,249 people named Oseas, with a median age of 44.

Sources

Behind the Name: Hoshea · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Hosea · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Oseas · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Oseias · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Oseas

What does the name Oseas mean?

Oseas means “salvation”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Oseas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,249 people with the first name Oseas, which ranks it number 3,074 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Oseas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 39 women and 4,210 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Oseas?

Oseas is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Oseas most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.004% of the state's population is named Oseas (141 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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