Cosima

Cosima
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"order"
Other names
Related names	Cosmo, Cosimo

Cosima is a feminine given name, the feminine version of the name Cosimo. It is derived from the Greek word meaning "order, decency." Cosmo 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.^[1] Authors Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz commented in their 2007 book The Baby Names Bible that the name sounds exotic and is a fashionable name for the daughters of members of high society in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Masculine variants

• Côme (French)
• Cosimo (Italian)
• Cosma (Italian)
• Cosme (French), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
• Cosmin (Romanian)
• Cosmo (English), (German), (Italian)
• Kuzma (Russian)

Feminine variants

• Cosmina (Romanian)
• Cosma
• Cosme
• Kosma

It may refer to:

People

• Cosima De Vito
• Cosima Diamond, daughter of Nigella Lawson and the late John Diamond.
• Cosima Littlewood, young actress who played Adele in the 2006 mini series Jane Eyre
• Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli
• Cosima Wagner
• Lady Cosima Windsor, born 2010, daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster and 22nd in line of succession to the British throne.

Fictional characters

• Cosima Niehaus, one of the clones played by Tatiana Maslany in BBC America's television series Orphan Black

Other uses

• 644 Cosima, an asteroid
• COSIMA (science instrument), a science experiment on board the Rosetta spacecraft
• Cosima (album)
• Cosima (novel)

Notes

1. Behind the Name
2. Rosenkrantz and Satran (2007), p. 66)

References

• Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). The Baby Names Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2