Rosamond
Rosamond is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rosamond
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rosamond is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rosamond
American parents first put Rosamond on the record books as a baby girl name in 1881, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 111 Rosamonds were born — ranking #641 that year. About 27% of every Rosamond on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Rosamond last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rosamond
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rosamond. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Rosamond
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Rosamond Carr (1912–2006), American humanitarian and author
- Rosamund Clifford (before 1150 – c. 1176), English mistress of King Henry II
- Rosamond Young Chapin (1895–1984), American soprano singer
- J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), Bahamian-American male composer and singer
- Rosamond Langbridge (1880–1964), Irish novelist, playwright and poet
- Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), British novelist
- Rosamond Marshall (1902–1957), American novelist
- Rosamond McKitterick (born 1949), British medieval historian
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Names that sound like Rosamond
Phonetically similar names — useful when Rosamond is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Rosamond
Rosamond is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Rosamond's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #641. Use the chart and map above to compare Rosamond'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.