Rosamund
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Rosamund is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “horse”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Rosamund mean?
Germanic
“horse”
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rosamund a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosamund is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosamund in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Rosamund, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rosamund in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Rosamund in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Rosamund in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Rosamund, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Rosamund in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rosamund in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Rosamund
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Rehmat, Ayra, Abeeha, Liyana, Ruqayyah, Rumaysa, Raya, Ayzal, Safa, Irha, Elodie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosamund: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosamund, updated 20 October 2026.