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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Decoration

Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian : from a short form of Kozmás, vernacular form of Cosma.
  • Czech, Slovak, and Polish : from the personal name Kosma (Polish Koźma), vernacular forms of Greek Kosmas (see Cosma).
  • Jewish (from Poland) : ornamental adoption of the Slavic personal name (see 2).
  • possibly also Greek (Kozmas) : variant of Kosmas (see Cosma).

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