Cosmo

Where Cosmo comes from

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cosmo
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1864
    Cosmo Gordon Lang born
    British archbishop and clergyman
  2. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,421 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #930
    28 babies named Cosmo — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1940
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,179.
  5. 1989
    Cosmo Jarvis born
    British actor and musician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Cosmo Jarvis · British actor and musician, born 1989
  • Cosmo Gordon Lang · British archbishop and clergyman, 1864–1945
  • Cosmo Duff-Gordon · Scottish landowner and fencer, 1862–1931
  • Cosmo Hamilton · English novelist and playwright, 1870–1942
  • Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon · British peer, 1720–1752

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.