Cosmo as a baby name?

[ThatPeachSquid]

Having a baby boy. Is Cosmo cool or too much? Our surname begins with a “C” too.

Could be a nickname for Cosmopolitan? 🤔🤣

😂 lol
yea lovely name for a dog!!! crap for a child!

So in terms of the origins OP…

Yes, Cosmo can be considered an Italian name, specifically a short form of the Italian name Cosimo. The name Cosmo, and its Italian form Cosimo, is derived from the Ancient Greek word "kosmos," meaning "order, the universe, or the world". While Cosmo is also an English name, its origins are tied to the Greek and Italian name Cosimo.

It’s a cute name with a lovely meaning OP 🙌🙌🙌

Yes, it's the perfect choice: if you want a truly awful name!

I suppose you could always go for something tediously dull like Ben, Sam, Tom, John, William, Alexander, Oliver…. SNORE!!!! 💤

If you’re a Jilly fan, Cosmo was an evil little shit.

OP is it on a list with other options and could be a middle name?

we did consider Cosmo for our son and my DP even sent a text to our friend and family with this name. But after a coupld of hours i changed it to Aurelien (very french) and i am pleased i did. My son, now 15, is also glad we didnt call him that!
cosmo are pretty flowers

Yeah I’m actually leaning towards middle name now! Funny/useful to see everyone’s reaction though. Clearly a very divisive name!

To me, Cosmo is very much a Hooray Henry wearing red trousers in the patrons' enclosure at all the British summer events. He goes to Ascot, Henley and the Boat Race. No idea what he does in the winter though.

Yeah I’m actually leaning towards middle name now! Funny/useful to see everyone’s reaction though. Clearly a very divisive name!

@ThatPeachSquid its a no from me as it just makes me think about Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld and how everyone only knew him by his surname as he spent years hiding his first name as even he (a very eccentric character who provided much of the humour!) saw it as an absurd name 😅

It would be helpful to know what you consider beautiful names, so as to be able to judge your comment.

Why be so vitriolic? What has happened to you to make you respond in that way to the idea of a child, a child! - with a name you are unfamiliar with?

Well basically you need to be like the Mitfords really to handle a name like that

Makes me think of a Les Dawson character called Cosmo Smallpiece. (Really showing my age here….)

That's what I was planning to post!

I LOVED Cosmo and Dibs, and I wish my pre schooler grandkids had access to their wisdom and sweetness.

My friends son is called that. It suits him although I'd I'm honest I didn't like it at first. It's shortened to Cossie a lot so make sure you like that too

Fine if Italian. I also love Cosima but not Italian so we didn’t go for it.

I like it. I work with cosmas nn cosmo. He is from Zimbabwe. Nigella Lawson called her ds cosmo.

Love it - I think it's very cool.

The true Italian name would be Cosimo which I much prefer to Cosmo.

Great for a magazine or an alcoholic drink, awful for a child IMO. Something someone in Hollywood would call their child.

I went to school with two Cosmos, and one of our neighbours, a man and his sixties, is also Cosmo.
There have always been a lot of people of Italian heritage where I live, but like English names they have their time of popularity, I think Cosmo wouldn't be a particularly popular name for parents of Italian heritage who are naming their DCs today.
However if you're looking for a unique name that holds historical and cultural value in Italy, Cosmo would be the one.

I am also shocked at how you’re raising your children so that they feel the need to bully others with unusual names?!

Where do you live?