Kosmas
Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name, from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω linked to propriety. Alternate form: Κοσμίας; female form: Κοσμώ. It may refer to:
- Ancient Greek
Meaning & Origin of Kosmas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name, from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω linked to propriety. Alternate form: Κοσμίας; female form: Κοσμώ. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Kosmas
Kosmas first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2019, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 6 births, good for #10,798 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6 Kosmass have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kosmas
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kosmas. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Kosmas
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- Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd century AD), Christian martyrs and physicians
- Cosmas the Monk , (7th century AD), a Sicilian monk and tutor
- Cosmas of Maiuma (8th century AD), Syrian bishop and hymnographer
- Cosmas of Aphrodisia (died 1160), Sicilian Bishop and Martyr
- Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779), Greek orthodox priestmonk and missionary
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Names that sound like Kosmas
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About the name Kosmas
Kosmas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Kosmas's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #10,798. Use the chart and map above to compare Kosmas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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