Osmond
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From the Old Norse male personal name Asmundr, literally ‘god-protection’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Osmond is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- CACanada
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the Old Norse male personal name Asmundr, literally ‘god-protection’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Osmond is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, OE Osmund 'god-protector', or Norman Osmund from ON Asmundr, ODa, OSw Asmund; first attested Osmund 1066 DB
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Asmundr, composed of the elements as god + mund protec¬ tion. This was established in England before the Conquest, coalescing with the independent OE form Osmund, and was later reinforced by the Norman Osmund. Vars.: Eng.: Osmund, Osmon, Osman(t), Osment, Osmint. P'r.: O’Sullivan see Sullivan
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Donny, Marie, US singers
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Old English, a divine protector
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Floris Osmondb. 1849FRFrench scientist (1849–1912)
- Ken Osmondb. 1943USAmerican actor and police officer (1943-2020)
- Alan Osmondb. 1949USAmerican jazz musician
- Wayne Osmondb. 1951USAmerican musician (1951–2025)
- Merrill Osmondb. 1953USAmerican musician
- Jay Osmondb. 1955USAmerican musician
- Donny Osmondb. 1957USAmerican singer, dancer, actor, television host
- Marie Osmondb. 1959USAmerican singer and member of The Osmonds
- Jimmy Osmondb. 1963USsinger from the United States and member of The Osmonds
- Kaetlyn Osmondb. 1995CACanadian figure skater
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 2.1K | #3,471 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,703 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #20,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,752 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 78 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 60 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 48 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 46 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 42 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Osmond mean, and where does it come from?
- From the Old Norse male personal name Asmundr, literally ‘god-protection’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Osmond have the most bearers?
- Osmond is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Osmond”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.