Old Norse Origin Names (page 3)
Osborn m English Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the AngloSaxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjǫrn used in England, and after the Norman Conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given ...