Rosamund

Rosamund (/ˈrɒzəmənd, ˈroʊz-/, also spelled Rosamond and Rosamunde) is a feminine given name and can also be a family name (surname). Originally it combined the Germanic elements hros, meaning horse, and mund, meaning "protection". Later, it was influenced by the Latin phrases rosa munda, meaning "pure rose", and rosa mundi, meaning "rose of the world". "Rosamunda" is the Italian, "Rosamunde" is the German and "Rosemonde" the French form of the name.

People named Rosamund include:

Rosamund (queen) (fl. sixth century), second wife of Alboin, King of the Germanic Lombards
Rosamund Bartlett, American writer, scholar, translator and lecturer specializing in Russian literature
Rosamund Clifford (before 1150–c. 1176), medieval beauty and longtime mistress of King Henry II
Rosamund Greenwood (1907–1997), British actress
Rosamund John (1913–1998), English actress
Rosamund Kwan (born 1962), Chinese actress
Rosamund Lupton (born 1964), British author
Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019), British author
Rosamund Pike (born 1979), English actress
Rosamund Hanson (born 1989), English actress
Rosamund Flora Shove (1878–1954), English botanist
Rosamund Stanhope (1919–2005), British poet and teacher
Rosamund Vallings, New Zealand doctor, specialist in chronic fatigue syndrome
Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860–1911), English poet and critic who wrote under the pseudonym of Graham R. Tomson

References

↑ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Rosamund". Retrieved 2009-02-22.
↑ Clark, Andrew (1891). The life and times of Anthony Wood, antiquary, of Oxford, 1632–1695, described by himself. Volume I. Oxford: the Clarendon Press. p. 341. Retrieved 2009-02-22. Ultimately quoting Dives et pauper, London, 1493.

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[1] "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin, and History of the name Rosamund". Retrieved 2009-02-22.

[2] Clark, Andrew (1891). The life and times of Anthony Wood, antiquary, of Oxford, 1632–1695, described by himself. Volume I. Oxford: the Clarendon Press. p. 341. Retrieved 2009-02-22. Ultimately quoting Dives et pauper, London, 1493.