Ossun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ossun, itself from Occitan Ossun.

Proper noun

Ossun

1. A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France

Proper noun

Ossun (plural Ossuns)

1. A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ossun”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Ossun.

(Town): Oſsun attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

Ossun f

1. Ossun (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)

Proper noun

Ossun m or f by sense

1. a surname from Occitan

Derived terms

• Ossun-ez-Angles

Related terms

• Dossun
• Ozun

 

Descendants

• → English: Ossun

Further reading

• Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 202
• filae.com
• Forebears (French)
• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019