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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Osanna f. Aramaic אושענא, Hebrew הוֹשַׁענָא 'please save'.

The name was moderately popular in England and France in the 12th C.

England
Latin
● 1189 Osanna (nom) GASurv p. 139, Osanne (gen) ibid. p. 147; 1381 Osanna (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6
France
Latin
● c823 Osanna (nom) irminon-vol2 24, Palatiolum; 1138x1162 Osanna (abl) clairvaux-12thc 92; 1147 Osanna (abl) ibid. 18; 1179 Osanna (abl) ibid. 176, Ossanna (abl) ibid. 178; 1180 Osanna (abl) RotScaNor p. 35, Osenna (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1222 Osanna (abl) NDParisII 2-XCI, Osannam (acc) ibid. 2-XCI
Old French
● 1292 Osanne (obl) HistHdVParis p. 112; 1296 Ozanne paris1296 p. 11; 1346 Osanne (nom) HAP p. 310
Germany
Latin
● 1234 Osanna (nom) hennes-vol1 92
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Ossana (nom) BBC-Berg 696
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Osanna". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Osanna.