Cosmin

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◐

Cosmin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Romanian given name37K records spelled Cosmin5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Spain, United States, Italy

  Also written Cösmïn, Çoșmin

• Spanish given name11K records spelled Cosmin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Romania, United States, Italy

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ćösmïń

• French given name5.9K records spelled Cosmin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Romania

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Cosmìn, Cösmïn

• Danish given name760 records spelled Cosmin6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Romania, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Còsmin

• Arabic given name496 records spelled Cosmin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United Kingdom, United States, Spain

  Also written Cośmin

48 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●

Cosmin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, de Cosmo com sufixo truncado -in

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Cosma

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In English, A former port on the western side of the Irrawaddy Delta, apparently near (or identical with) Bassein.

  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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cosmin Olăroiub. 1969RORomanian association football player
• Cosmin Contrab. 1975RORomanian footballer and manager
• Cosmin Seleșib. 1977RORomanian actor
• Cosmin Bărcăuanb. 1978RORomanian footballer
• Cosmin Moțib. 1984RORomanian association football player
• Cosmin Frăsinescub. 1985RORomanian footballer
• Cosmin Chetroiub. 1987RORomanian luger
• Cosmin Mateib. 1991RORomanian footballer
• Cosmin Bîrnoib. 1997ROassociation football player
• Cosmin Pascarib. 1998RORomanian rower

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 · 70 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cosmin?

We estimate roughly 2.2 thousand people bear Cosmin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Cosmin have the most bearers?

Cosmin is most frequently recorded in Romania, where it is most often spelled cosmin.

How common is Cosmin compared with other names?

In Romania, Cosmin is the 21st most common given name of 29,954 given names recorded there.

Is Cosmin a male or female name?

Cosmin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Cosmin mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name comparable to Cosmo