Cosima is a feminine given name, the feminine version of the name Cosimo. It is derived from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
(), meaning 'order', 'decency'.
Cosmo
Cosmo may refer to:
Business and media
* ''Cosmopolitan'' (magazine), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as "Cosmo"
* ''Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure'', a 1992 video game
* Cosmo On-Line, a Brazilian generic Internet portal
* Cosmo Radio ...
was a fourth-century saint who was martyred with his brother Damian. They are the patron saints of medical doctors. An
Italian male version of the name is ''Cosimo''.
Behind the Name
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Masculine variants
*Côme (French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
)
*Cosimo ( Italian)
*Cosma ( Italian)
*Cosme (French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
), ( Portuguese), (Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
)
*Cosmin ( Romanian)
*Cosmo ( English), (German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
), ( Italian)
*Kuzma ( Russian)
*Kosma ( Polish)
Feminine variants
*Cosmina ( Romanian)
*Cosma
*Cosme
*Kosma
People
* Cosima De Vito (born 1976), Australian singer-songwriter.
*Cosima Diamond, daughter of Nigella Lawson and the late John Diamond.
*Cosima Littlewood, young actress who played Adèle in the 2006 mini series ''Jane Eyre''
* Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli
*Cosima Wagner
Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner (née Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German compo ...
(1837–1930), diarist and director of the Bayreuth Festival, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner
* Lady Cosima Windsor, (born 2010), daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
Fictional characters
*Cosima Niehaus, one of the clones played by Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana Gabriele Maslany ( ; born September 22, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple characters in the science fiction thriller television series '' Orphan Black'' (2013–2017), which won her a Primetime Emm ...
in BBC America's television series ''Orphan Black
''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical ...
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References
*Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). ''The Baby Names Bible.'' St. Martin's Griffin.
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