Dictionary

Ozzy en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔzi/ (US)
• ŏ'-zi (UK)
• ô'-zi (US)
• /ˈɒzi/ (UK)

Etymology

Clippings + -y

Meanings

1. A male given name.
2. A male given name. ▸ A diminutive of the male given names Oswald and Oscar.
3. A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.
   • 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:

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Oz