Cosmo

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Cosmo is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Portuguese70%

  cosmos (the universe)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English21%

  A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  nickname for Cosmopolitan

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Cosmo, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Kramer
• Apollo
• Altair
• Draco
• Aries
• Orion
• Sirius
• Jupiter
• Astro
• Rigel
• Elio
• Galileo

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Cosmo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Taiwan

  Also written Cosm

• Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, South Africa, United Kingdom

  Also written Cosmõ

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Cosmo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Italian form (also found as Cosimo) of the Greek name Kosmas (a short form of various names containing the word kosmos ‘order’, ‘beauty’). This was borne by a Christian saint martyred, together with his brother Damian, at

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• From Greek. See main dictionary. Also: Cosimo. Feminine form: )}Cosima (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Italian, variante medieval de Cosma

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordonb. 1720British peer (1720-1752)
• Cosmo Alexanderb. 1724GBScottish painter (1724-1772)
• Cosmo Innesb. 1798GBBritish academic
• Cosmo Duff-Gordonb. 1862GBScottish landowner and fencer (1862–1931)
• Cosmo Gordon Langb. 1864GBBritish archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
• Cosmo Hamiltonb. 1870GBEnglish novelist and playwright (1870–1942)
• Cosmo Haskardb. 1916GBIrish-born British colonial administrator and retired British Army officer (1916-2017)
• Cosmo Francesco Ruppib. 1932ITArchbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce (1932-2011)
• Anthony Calleab. 1982AUnot in their usual nameAustralian singer
• Cosmo Jarvisb. 1989USAmerican actor and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Cosmo come from?

Italian form (also found as Cosimo) of the Greek name Kosmas (a short form of various names containing the word kosmos ‘order’, ‘beauty’). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

Is Cosmo a male or female name?

Cosmo is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Brazil (IBGE) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What does the name Cosmo mean?

In Portuguese, cosmos (the universe)

What are other forms of the name Cosmo?

In the etymology graph, Cosme, Cosmin and Cosimo are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Cosmo have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Cosmo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cosmo.

Where is Cosmo most common?

Cosmo is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Cosmo?

In Brazil, the national register counted 16,619 people named Cosmo in 2022, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

How common is Cosmo compared with other names?

In Brazil, Cosmo is the 803rd most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Cosmo?

A machine transcription gives /kɔʒmu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.