Meaning & Origin
The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
Osiris is a boy's and girl's baby name of Egyptian origin, from the ancient Egyptian Usir, the god of the afterlife, the dead, and resurrection in ancient Egyptian religion. Osiris represented death and rebirth — the cycle of the Nile's floods and the agricultural year made divine.
Osiris has grown in the United States as an unconventional but deeply resonant name with ancient mythological roots. Its four-syllable grandeur and the powerful cosmic role of its namesake — ruler of the underworld and symbol of eternal life — give it an otherworldly majesty that few names can match.