Osmond

  • [ AHZ-mənd ]
  • English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and mund "protection". During the Anglo-Saxon period a Norse cognate Ásmundr was also used in England, and another version was imported by the Normans. Saint Osmund was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who became an English bishop. Though it eventually became rare, it was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásmundr
ANGLO-SAXON: Osmund
DANISH: Åsmund
ICELANDIC: Ásmundur
NORWEGIAN: Åsmund