Meaning of the nameCosma

Cosma is a female name in Brazil that Wiktionary links to Greek Kosmâs, probably related to kósmos, 'order' or 'world'.

Meaning

“linked to Greek kósmos, 'order, world'”

Source: Wiktionary: Cosma · Behind the Name: Cosmas

People (2022): 10,403
Rank in Brazil: #1,668
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 11,912; people

Cosma in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cosma, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (2,401 people).

10,308 women 95 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cosma is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cosma in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraíba 0.027%
Pernambuco 0.026%
Acre 0.025%
Ceará 0.023%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.021%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pernambuco	2,317	0.026%
Ceará	2,061	0.023%
São Paulo	1,114	0.003%
Paraíba	1,069	0.027%
Rio Grande do Norte	678	0.021%
Bahia	487	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	413	0.003%
Amazonas	375	0.010%
Pará	363	0.005%
Maranhão	280	0.004%
Piauí	209	0.006%
Acre	205	0.025%
Alagoas	156	0.005%
Goiás	131	0.002%
Minas Gerais	99	0.001%
Distrito Federal	93	0.003%
Sergipe	51	0.002%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Paraná	49	0.000%
Espírito Santo	39	0.001%
Mato Grosso	36	0.001%
Rondônia	35	0.002%
Santa Catarina	29	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	24	0.001%
Roraima	24	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cosma

Wiktionary traces Cosma, as an Italian and English name, from Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), through Latin Cosmas, a personal name probably related to κόσμος (kósmos), glossed as 'order' and as 'world, cosmos'. Behind the Name derives Kosmas from kósmos, 'order, world, universe', and lists Cosma as the Italian form and Cosme as the Portuguese form. In Brazil, Cosma is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,403 people named Cosma, with a median age of 52. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cosma · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Cosmas · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cosma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cosma

What does the name Cosma mean?

Cosma means “linked to Greek kósmos, 'order, world'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cosma in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,403 people with the first name Cosma, which ranks it number 1,668 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Cosma a boy's or a girl's name?

Cosma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,308 women and 95 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cosma?

Cosma is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cosma most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.027% of the state's population is named Cosma (1,069 people), according to the 2022 Census.

More names of Greek origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Cosma with a source. See the methodology.