Osswald Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Osswald is best understood together with Oswald: both are German spellings of one family name. It grew out of a personal name: “from the name Oswald”.

• Osswald adds “s” to Oswald, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Related forms: Oschwald.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Osswald, so the heraldry linked to Oswald is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Osswald family name pack.