_Obdyke._ _Ob_, off; _díc_, bank, mound. Off the bank. Opdyke, from the
same roots.
_Oberdick._ _O’ber_, over, above; _díc_, dyke, ditch, trench, moat.
Overflowing ditch.
_Oberholt._ _O’ber_, above; _holt_, a forest. Mountain-forest.
_Ofar._ _O’fer_, a margin, brink, bank, shore.
_Orcutt._ _Or_, free from; _coth_, disease. Free from disease.
_Ord._ _O’rd_, beginning, origin, author, edge, sword, battle-array.
_Ordmann._ _O’rd_, the front of an army; _mann_, man. A general; a
commander.
_Orfe._ _Orfe_, cattle. Orf, Orff, of similar derivation.
_Orgill._ _Orgel_, pride, arrogance.
_Orgs._ _Org_, pride; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of pride.
_Orme._ _Or_, free from; _me_, me. Free me from.
_Ormerod._ _Or_, free from; _me_, me; _rod_, rod. Free me from the rod.
Ormrod, of like import.
_Ormond._ _Or_, free from; _mond_, care, protection. Free from care;
without protection.
_Ormsby._ _Orm_, Orme; _s_, sign of genitive; _bý_, a termination
denoting habitation, dwelling. Habitation of Orme.
_Ormston._ _Orm_, genitive _Ormes_, Orme; _tún_, house. Home of Orme.
_Orth._ _O’rth_, breathing.
_Orthwein._ _O’rth_, breathing; _wine_, a man. A living man.
_Orton._ _Or_, free from; _tún_, house, farm, village, town. Free from
the cares of home, or of the town.
_Orwig._ _Or_, free from; _wig_, warfare, battle, strife. Free from
warfare.
_Osbeck._ _O’s_, a hero; _béc_, a book, a volume, a writing. Hero-book; a
novel.
_Osborne._ _O’s_, a hero; _beorn_, chief, general, prince, king.
Hero-king. Osborn, Osbourn, Osbourne, kindred names.
_Osler._ _O’s_, hero; _lǽr_, lore, learning. Hero-lore.
_Osmond._ _O’s_, hero; _mond_, hand, defence, protection, security.
Hero-protection.
_Osmun._ _O’s_, hero; _mund_, a hand. Heroic hand.
_Osmus._ _O’s_, hero; _mús_, mouse, flesh, muscle. Heroic muscle.
_Osner._ _O’s_, hero; _nere_, refuge, safety, preservation. Heroic
preservation.
_Oswald._ _O’s_, hero; _wald_, ruler, governor, lord. Heroic ruler.
_Ost._ _Ost_, East. Also, a knot, a scale.
_Oster._ _Oster_, Easter.
_Overholt._ _Ouer_, over; _holt_, a forest. Hill-forest.
_Oxenford._ _Oxen_, from _oxan_, genitive of _oxa_, an ox; _ford_, a
ford. The ford of the ox. Oxford, abbreviation of same.