Osama (name)


Osama, alternative writing Oussama, Osama and Usama, takes it's etymology from the arabic stem اسم A-S-M Alif Sin Mim "name" and means more or less the one with a name and is one of many Arabic male given names for "lion", the "lion" being considered as an animal with a fame. From this point of view usama is a kind equivalent of the Latin name augustus "majestic". In Hebrew the root is reduced to שם from Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-. each denoting some aspect of the animal. In popularity, the name has declined drastically since 2001
Those with the name include:

Given name

;Osama
; Oussama
;Usama