Given name & surname
Cosmas
“the order of the universe”
Cosmas is a variant of Cosmo. One Greek interpretation is “the order of the universe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cosmas is a variant of Cosmo. One Greek interpretation is “the order of the universe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cosmas is a variant of Cosmo. An origin associated with Cosmo is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Cosmas developed from Κοσμᾶς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cosmas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,907 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,907 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 233 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cosmas’s family of names
In English usage, Cosmas shares an earlier linguistic root with Cosmo. In English usage, Cosmas has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form COSME. Cosmas has a related form in Cosmo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cosmas has relatives in 14 languages.
16 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cosmas
- Kosmas the Aetoliansaint in the Greek Orthodox Church1714–1779
- Cosmas Damian AsamGerman artist (1686-1739)
- Cosmas the PriestBulgarian priest and writer950
- Cosmas Michael AngkurIndonesian Roman Catholic bishop1937–2024
- Cosmas III of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople1650–1736
- Cosmas NdetiKenyan distance runnerborn 1971
- Cosmas VestitorByzantine homiletic730–850
- Cosmas Shi Enxiangbishop of the Roman Catholic Church1922–2015
- Cosmas BatubaraIndonesian politician1938–2019
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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