Given name & surname
Cosme
Cosme is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese, Catalan, and Galician.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cosme through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,373
- 1,373 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,885 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,885 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,295 as a first name in 2020; 5,553 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.
Cosme’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Cosme shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Côme. In Spanish usage, Cosme has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cosmo. In Portuguese usage, Cosme has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cosmas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cosme has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- CosmoEnglish
- Cosimoequivalent
- CosmasEnglish
- Kosmasequivalent
- Cosmaequivalent
- Cosminequivalent
- Kuzmaequivalent
- КузьмаRussian
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cosme
- Cosmas of PragueBohemian priest (c.1045–1125)
- Cosmas of MaiumaBishop and hymnographer675–760
- Kuzebay GerdUdmurt writer (1898–1937)
- Cosmas I of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1050
- Cosmas II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1050
- Cosme DamiãoPlayer and coach of S.L. Benfica (1885-1947)
- Cosma OrsiniItalian cardinal1420–1481
- Cosma SpessottoItalian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor1923–1980
- CamposBrazilian association football playerborn 1952
Characters named Cosme: Kozma Prutkov (fictional Russian author).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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