Rosamund
Rosamund [e ] is a female first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name is of Germanic origin and formed from Germanic hrod, horse, horse ' and mouth, protection, property' (as Edmund ).
A Christian reinterpretation is to Latin rosa mundi, Rose of the World ' or pink munda, pure rose' in reference to Mary (see Maria of the Rosary, Mary in the Rose Garden ).
Variants
- Abbreviation: Pink
Name-day
As a name- October 7th or April 2 possible - Feast of the Rosary
Name winners (all variants)
Einnamig:
- Rosamunde ( Gepids ) (6th century ), daughter of Gepidenkönigs Cunimund
First name:
- Rosamund Clifford, real Lady Jane de Clifford (c. 1150-1176 ), mistress of King Henry II
- Rosamund Elaine Fantham, nee Crosthwaite ( born 1933), British Classical Philologist
- Rosamund Gilmore ( born 1955 ), English choreographer and director
- Rosamunde Juliane von der Asseburg (1672-1712), German mystic
- Rosamund Pike ( born 1979 ), British actress
- Rosamunde Pilcher OBE, born Scott ( * 1924), British writer.
Second first name:
- Mary Rosamund Haas (1910-1996), American linguist
Others
- Astronomy: (540 ) Rosamunde, Asteroid
Works:
- Rosamunde, Great romantic drama in five acts, of Helmina of Chezy, premiere in 1823, incidental music by Franz Schubert
- Rosamunde, song by Jaromir Vejvoda from 1927, according to the Czech melody Skoda Lasky
- Rosamunde, German film directed by Egon Günther, 1990 - on the 19930er
As well as:
- Rosamunde Quartet, String Quartet German