Cosmo (/ˈkɒzmoʊ/) is a British and Italian surname and unisex given name. It means order, decency, and beauty; this is the English form of Cosimo, introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish nobleman the second Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
Given name
- Cosmo and Damian, third century Christian martyrs
- Cosmo de Medici, alternate name of Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464)
- Cosmo I, alternate name of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519–1574)
- Cosmo Alexander (1724–1772), Scottish portrait painter
- Cosmo Allegretti, actor and puppeteer in the 1955–1984 children's television series Captain Kangaroo
- Cosmo Baker (b. 1974), American disc jockey
- Cosmo Bonsor, 1st Baronet (1848–1929), British MP, chairman of the South Eastern Railway
- Cosmo Campoli (1923–1997), American sculptor
- Cosmo A. Cilano (1893–1937), New York state senator
- Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet (1862–1931), British landowner, survivor of the RMS Titanic
- Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720–1752), Scottish nobleman
- Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Cosmo Graham, British professor
- Cosmo Hamilton (1870–1942), British playwright
- Cosmo Iacavazzi (b. 1943), American football player
- Cosmo Innes (1798–1874), British antiquarian
- Cosmo Jarvis (b. 1989), American-born English actor and musician
- Cosmo Klein (b. 1978), German singer
- Cosmo Landesman (b. 1954), American-born British journalist
- Cosmo Maciocia (b. 1942), Canadian politician
- Cosmo Parkinson (1884–1967), British civil servant
- Cosmo Wilson (b. 1961), American concert lighting designer and director for rock bands
Surname
- Anthony Cosmo (disambiguation)
- Fran Cosmo (b. 1956), American musician, former lead singer of the band Boston
- James Cosmo (b. 1948), British actor
- Julián Di Cosmo (b. 1984), Italian-Argentine football player
- Nicholas Cosmo (b. 1971), Italian-American fund manager accused of $400 million Ponzi scheme
- Mariel Everton Cosmo Da Silva (b. 1980), Brazilian football player known as "Tozo"
- Roberto Di Cosmo, Italian computer scientist
Fictional characters
- Cosmo Julius Cosma, in the animated series The Fairly OddParents, Timmy and Chloe's godfather and Wanda's husband
- Cosmo, in the anime Sonic X
- Cosmo of Prague, a character in a story within the novel Phantastes by George MacDonald
- Cosmo, a character in Japanese manga series Chainsaw Man
- Cosmo the Merry Martian, title character of a 1950s comic book
- Cosmo the Spacedog, a fictional psychic Russian dog appearing in Marvel Comics
- Private Cosmo, from the comic strip Beetle Bailey
- Cosmo Brown, in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain and its subsequent stage musical adaptation
- Cosmo Carboni a con man played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1978 film Paradise Alley
- Imai Cosmo, in the Kengan Ashura manga series
- Jason Cosmo, protagonist of several novels by Dan McGirt
- Cosmo Hill, from the novel The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
- Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher, protagonist in the 1943 American film starring Frank Graham
- Cosmo Kramer, played by Michael Richards in the NBC television sitcom Seinfeld
- Cosmo Martin, son of Susan Lewis and Chuck Martin in the medical drama ER
- Cosmo Renfro, from The Fugitive (1993 film) and U.S. Marshals (1998 film)
- Cosmo Royale, in the Power Rangers Ninja Steel
- Professor Cosmo Saltana, from the 1968 novel The Image Men by J. B. Priestley
- Mr. Cosmo Spacely, George Jetson's boss in the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons
- Cosmo Topper, from the Topper series of novels by James Thorne Smith Jr., several films, and the 1950s CBS sitcom Topper
- Cosmo, a character in Sneakers (1992 film), played by Ben Kingsley
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