North German: from Low German oss ‘ox’, hence a nickname
for a farmer or a stupid person, or in some cases a habitational name
for someone living at a house or inn distinguished by the sign of an
ox.South German (especially southern Bavaria (Allgäu)): from a
short form of the personal name Oswald.Dutch (van
Oss): habitational name from Oss in North Brabant.Probably an Americanized form of any of a number of common
Norwegian habitational names from farmsteads named with Old Norse
áss ‘hill’, ‘ridge’ (see Aas).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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