Rosamunda Forename

482,193rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Rosamunda Forename Definition:

A female name. Old German Rosamunda, compound of hros or ros ‘horse’ and munda ‘protection’. In the Middle Ages, however, it was regarded as a Latin name rosa + munda = pure or clean rose'. It was introduced into England by the Normans, a famous example being Rosamund Clifford (d.

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Rosamunda Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia-1211:2,131,931107,661
Mexico
100%
1111:1,118,4188,641
Brazil
100%
411:5,225,27280,548
Philippines
100%
231:4,609,10881,684
United States-141:25,895,498195,258
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810

The alternate forms: Rósamunda (10) are calculated separately.

Rosamunda (21) may also be a surname.

Rosamunda Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Old German Rosamunda, compound of hros or ros ‘horse’ and munda ‘protection’. In the Middle Ages, however, it was regarded as a Latin name rosa + munda = pure or clean rose'. It was introduced into England by the Normans, a famous example being Rosamund Clifford (d. 1176), the unfortunate mistress of Henry II. The surnames Roseaman, Rosomon, Rosemond, Rosamund are derived from it. Rosamund, unlike many names of Germanic origin, survived the Renaissance and was fairly common in the 17th C, usually spelt Rosamond (the French form, cf Edmond for Edmund), held its own in the 18th and 19th C, and is now somewhat more common than it has been for several centuries.

Rosamunda Curia Regis Rolls 1205, 1207, Hundred Rolls 1273. Rosemunda Feudal Aids 1303. Rosamond Feet of Fines 1282. Rossamond Yorks Rec 1604. Rozeman Church Registers of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, 1551-1754 1665.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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