Oscar

noun

Origin: OE Osgar < os, a god, akin to ON áss (< IE *ansu-, a spirit, demon > Avestan ahura) + gar, a spear

1. Academy Award
2. any of the statuettes given to those receiving Academy Awards

Origin: said to be so named from comment (“He reminds me of my Uncle Oscar”) made by an Academy official on first seeing the statuette