The first name Cosima
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Italian, a feminine form of Cosimo.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 21 girls were named Cosima, making it the 1,454th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2022, with 24 births (#1,326).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Cosima with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Cosima at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 19 girls born in the United States were named Cosima, the 6,171st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2017, when 36 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Cosima
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Cosima WagnerDaughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and , 1837–1930
- Cosima von BoninGerman artist, installation artist and painter (born 1962)
Questions
- What does the name Cosima mean?
- From Italian, a feminine form of Cosimo.
- How popular is the name Cosima?
- In 2025, 21 girls born in England and Wales were named Cosima, ranking 1,454th. Its peak was 2022, with 24 births.
- Is Cosima a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 339 US babies named Cosima since 1880 were girls.
- When was Cosima most popular?
- 2017 in the United States, when 36 babies were named Cosima, its highest rank at 4,084th.