Meanings
plural Ozzys · plural Ozzies · alternative Ozzie
- A male given name.
- A diminutive of the male given names Oswald and Oscar.
- A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.
1 more example
Sharon recalled that from the start of their relationship, her husband wanted to understand antisemitism. “Why don’t people like Jews?” was a question Ozzy asked her “since the day we met,” she told Jewish News in December 2023, noting that the rocker remained “so confused” by today’s rise in Jew-hatred.
2025 July 22, “Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?”, in The Jerusalem Post
Origin
Clippings + -y
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Ozzy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ozzy
“Ozzy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ozzy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ozzy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ozzy.
Source: Ozzy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.