Meaning & History
The name of Cozma is of Greek origin. It can come from the name Kosmas, Eosmia, Eosmos. The meaning of the name Kosmas comes from the compound word Kosmos or Kosmein. In the old Greek Kosmos had two meanings: "order" and "ornament, ornament". The first of these is continued by the current "cosmos". The name reached Romanians through the Russian language, in the form of Cosma. It appears in documents from the fifteenth century both in the Romanian Country and in Moldova. Today it is especially encountered as a family name.