Cosma Family History

Spanish, Italian, and Romanian: from the personal name Cosma from Latin Cosmas, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘order, arrangement (ordered) universe’, also ‘ornament’. See also Kosmas and Damian.

American shortened (and altered) form of Greek Cosmas and its standard variant Kosmas. Greek (typically Cypriot): patronymic from the genitive case of the personal name Cosmas.

Americanized form of Hungarian, Slovak, and Czech Kozma, Polish Koźma. The surname Cosma is also found in Hungary, where it is very rare.