Cos

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jos in US United States, NL Netherlands, ES Spain and 17 more, Kos in HR Croatia, SI Slovenia, AR Argentina and 1 more, Coz in FR France, PH Philippines, PE Peru and Coş in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Cos is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname9.9K records spelled Cos33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Coes, Coş, Coś, Çös, Cös

• a separate name784 records spelled Cos3 spellings in the group

  Also written Cós, Coş

• Romanian surname310 records spelled Cos4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania

  Also written Coș, Çoș, Coś

• Indonesian name278 records spelled Cos6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written Çoş, Cô'S, Có'S, Cỏ'S

• Polish surname228 records spelled Cos7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech

  Also written Coś, Čos, Cô'S, Cơ'S, Co'S

• Italian name204 records spelled Cos9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Cò'S, Cô'S, Cơ'S, Cỏ'S, Cờ'S

• Vietnamese given name137 records spelled Cos10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam

  Also written Cô'S, Cò'S, Cơ'S, Có'S, Côs

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Cos is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, contraction of com os (“with the (masculine plural)”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, sizzle (the sound of water hitting a hot surface)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, body (physical structure of a human or animal)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In csb, indeterminate pronoun; something

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In enm, a kiss (action of kissing)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mariana de Berrio y de la Campa-Cosb. 1752marquesa de Jaral del Berrio 1752-1803
• Aniceto Mascaró y Cosb. 1842ESPortuguese ophthalmologist
• Bernardo Cosb. 1949ARArgentinian association football player
• Chuchi Cosb. 1968ESSpanish association football player
• Francesc Cosb. 1972ESSpanish footballer
• Josep Pi CosESSpanish politician
• Joan Cos BlaviESSpanish politician
• Pere Cos GeliESSpanish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 61 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cos?

We estimate roughly 7.5 thousand people bear Cos (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Cos have the most bearers?

Cos is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled coz.

Where is Cos most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cos is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 3.1 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Cos compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Cos is the 784th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

What does the name Cos mean?

Recorded meaning: Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.