# Osmond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/osmond/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “a god”, “protection”, “hand” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Osman, Osmund |
| US babies named this | 470 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 470 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”). Later merged with a Norman French Osmond, Osmont, Omont from the same Old Norse root. Cognate with native Old English Ōsmund.

## What it means

Osmond is grouped under god and protector.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 13,871 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,074 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,590 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,616 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,405 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,266 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,574 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,645 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,514 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,554 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,720 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,168 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,618 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,722 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,713 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Norwegian: Åsmund

## People named Osmond

- Samuel Barber, American composer (1910-1981)

## 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.