Given name & surname
Rosamond
“protector of horses; the rose of the world”
Rosamond is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “protector of horses; the rose of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “protector of horses; the rose of the world.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosamond through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,294
- 6 boys · 3,288 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,781 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,781 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,018 as a first name in 2020; 832 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.
Rosamond’s family of names
Rosamond has a related form in Rosemond. In English usage, Rosamond has a related form in Rosamund. In Danish usage, Rosamond has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rosamund.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rosamond
- Rosamond McKitterickBritish historian1949–2026
- Rosamond LehmannEnglish writer (1901–1990)
- Rosamond PinchotAmerican socialite and actress (1904-1938)
- Rosamond Asiamah NkansahGhanaian first female officer1930–2021
- Rosamond PraegerIrish writer and artist1867–1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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