Rosemunda Forename

1,107,702nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Rosemunda 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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Rosemunda Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
100%
591:894,71718,907
Philippines
100%
81:13,251,185172,764
Brazil
100%
61:35,706,026284,222
United States-21:181,268,488793,593
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101

Rosemunda 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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