Ozzy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clippings + -y
Proper noun
Ozzy (plural Ozzys or Ozzies)
- A male given name.
- A diminutive of the male given names Oswald or Oscar.
- A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.
- 2025 July 22, “Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?”, in The Jerusalem Post[1]:
- 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.