# Cosmas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cosmas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɔzmɑːs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Cosmas, from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), from κόσμος (kósmos). Doublet of Cosmo and related to cosmos.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 12,637 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,448 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,580 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,513 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,360 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,585 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,211 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,907 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Козма
- Catalan: Cosme
- French: Cosme, Côme
- Italian: Cosimo, Cosma
- Latin: Cosmās
- Polish: Kosma
- Portuguese: Cosme
- Russian: Кузьма́, Косма
- Spanish: Cosme

## People named Cosmas

- Cosmas Damian Asam, German artist (1686-1739)
- Cosmas the Priest, Bulgarian priest and writer
- Patriarch Cosmas III of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.