How would you pronounce Cosima?

[Applesandall]

With the emphasis on the first syllable (COS-immah/COZ-immah)

OR the second syllable - like Co-SEE-ma

?

Me and DH keep coming back to this name. The only Cosima I've personally known pronounces it COZ-immah, so that's what seems natural to me and makes sense with my admittedly very limited knowledge of Italian language. But I've taken a quick look online, and it seems like lots of Americans put the stress on the second syllable. I'm wondering what people in the U.K. instinctively pronounce it as?

I'm not bothered about whether people use an S sound or more of a Z sound.

Well, one of the Italian Cosimas I know is pretty posh (from Rome and Tuscany, dunno if they are the regions it comes from?), so I guess it can be. The others aren’t though.

CO-sima. I live it and it was on my list for a DD.

Emphasis on first syllable. I have known both COS-ima and COZ-ima pronunciations.

Similar to EliS-abeth/EliZ-abeth pronunciations. Lovely name.

A favourite of mine. The composer Frank Liszt’s daughter, who married Richard Wagner, was named Cosima.
Do you like Aphra? This is another favourite of mine (had ancestor called this). Has age and not too popular.

Cozz-ih-muh with the emphasis on ‘Cozz’

CoZEEma to me.