About the Osvald Surname

Genealogists group Osvald with Oswald. The family name meaning is “from the name Oswald”, the same as for Oswald. Osvald writes “v” in place of the “w” found in Oswald, a common scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Osvaldo, Oszvald and Osswald.

French birth records list 282 children named Osvald between 1891 and 2000.

There is no single Osvald family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Osvald family name pack.