At a Glance: Name: Rosamond – Meaning: horse protector – Origin: Germanic – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: ROZ-uh-muhnd
Rosamond is a Germanic girl's name meaning “horse protector”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Rosamond
Meaning: Horse protector.
Origin: Germanic.
A common claim: Rosamond is often said to mean 'pure rose,' from the Latin rosa munda. Actually: That's a later folk-Latin pun, not the real root — Rosamond is a Germanic name built from hros ('horse') and mund ('protection'), so it actually means something closer to 'horse protector.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Rosamond
Phonetic: ROZ-uh-muhnd IPA: /ˈrɒzəmənd/
Popularity of Rosamond
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1881–2019.
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