# Rosamund (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosamund/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “horse”, “protection”, “pure rose”, “rose of the world” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈrɒzəmənd/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ros |
| Variant spellings | Rosamond, Rosamunda, Rosamunde, Rosemond |
| US babies named this | 208 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 208 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 199, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Of Germanic origin (probably Frankish via French Rosemonde or Lombardic via Italian Rosmunda), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *mundō (“protection”). By medieval folk etymology interpreted as Latin rosa munda (“pure rose”) or rosa mundī (“rose of the world”) in reference to the Virgin Mary.

## What it means

Rosamund is grouped under horse, protector, rose and world.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | 6,071 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,094 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,761 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,024 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,607 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,157 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7,048 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,143 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,329 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,709 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,665 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,363 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,886 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,428 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Rosamunda
- Danish: Rosamond
- Dutch: Rosamunde
- French: Rosemonde
- German: Rosamunde
- Italian: Rosmunda, Rosamunda
- Latin: Rosamunda
- Polish: Rozamunda
- Portuguese: Rosamunda
- Spanish: Rosamunda
- Swedish: Rosamunda

## People named Rosamund

- Rosamund Pike, English actress (born 1979)
- Rosamund John, actress (1913-1998)
- Elaine Fantham, British latinist and classical philologist (1933–2016)

## 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.