Another spelling of 'Oscar,' commonly referring to the Academy Award given to film achievements.
The origin of 'Oscar' for the Academy Award is debated—possibly named after a relative, or from a nickname given to the statue itself in the 1930s. The spelling 'Oskar' is more common in Germanic languages and Scandinavia.
The Oscar statuette's official name is just 'Academy Award,' and the nickname 'Oscar' appeared so mysteriously in the 1930s that the Academy didn't officially adopt the name until 1939—one of entertainment's greatest origin stories that nobody actually knows.
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