Is 'Rosamund' a common name in Germany?

Question

Is 'Rosamund' a common name in Germany? How many 'Rosamund' do you know in Germany and what are their age groups?

Is 'Rosamunde' more common? How many do you know? What are their age groups?

Which Ros- beginning name is the most common in Germany?

Danke (:

Answer 1

Gabriell is right (:

I know a Rosamund tho

Answer 2

"Rosamunde" or "Rosemund" (literally "mouth of roses"; of course not refering to the thorns, but to a red lip color) is an old-fashioned name rarely in use nowadays. -- As to the above-mentioned author "Rosamunde Pilcher", "Rosamunde" is her real first name, but she's not German, but British. Her romances about lores of love got translated into German, and she's, well: Not actually famous here, but everybody knows her name. I never read any of her novels, nor saw any film, so I cannot judge.

But we're not talking about literature, but about names. And I can tell you, as a native German, that nobody in Germany would name a girl or boy with a name starting with "Ros-". It sounds too much like "Ross", which is the colloquial synonym for a stubborn horse.

Now, would you like to have a "Ross" as a child? Sure not. And except for "Rosamunde", which is an ancient girls' name derived from the name of the flower, there is no German name starting with "Ros-" I can think of.

As to the traditional "Rosamunde" song mentioned:

It's easy to find on Youtube.

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0mv3sXI4...

That's about the style of Rosamunde Pilcher's novels. (In my humble opinion, of course.)

Answer 3

Rosamund means pinkmouth

Rosamunde with e at the end is more noble

e at the end of most words indicates that it is ment as noble

during the time the e at the end of most words werent used so much anymore(inside of words too)

for example a famous sentence:

Dem deutschen Volke(normal is Volk)

it means to the german nation/people

a famous sentence from Martin Luther:

Warum rülpset und furzet Ihr nicht, hat es Euch nicht geschmecket

nowadays it would be:

Warum rülpst und furzt Ihr nicht, hat es Euch nicht geschmeckt

in english: why dont you burp and f**t? Didnt you like the meal?

Rosamunde is only used i guess

Rosamund doesnt sound good as name

the old names are rarely given to children

Answer 4

not really.. Rosamund is used in England.. in Germany it's equivalent has almost gone out of fashion because I do like the name Rosamund.. but I sure hate Rosamunde.. that is the German version of the name...Rosemarie and Rosa all that sounds like old ladies names but Rosemarie is the best sounding of the German ones...I still like none of them

now Germany pretty much have the same name favourites as the UK, USA and Canada.. with names such as Eva and Ava, Emily and Emma leading the top list.....

Rosamude in Germany would probably be 60 or 70 years old now as a woman.. it is the german verson.. Rosamund the English version sounds a lot nicer...The author Rosamunde Pilcher, however, who writes about Cornwall and whose films are shown on German TV is from Great Britain she is English but named Rosamunde she must be over 70 years old now...she is not a German but all German names starting with Rosa are horrible I much prefer the English or spanish or Italian sounding ones.... also don't like Rosemary...Rosemarie...xx

Roswitha is another German one.. they might be anything from age 40 to age 60 now.. it is an old name also... I much prefer other names and not German ones although  I am German.. Germans can give their children any foreign sounding name as long as the name of the s*x of the child is clear through the name.. so not really use unisex names or if so.. the middle name has to make certain you can see if this is a girls name or a boy 's name..

I prefer Rosanna

Rosalie

Rosamund without the (e_

Rosella

Rosabelle

Rosalia

Rosita

xxxx

Answer 5

I know an author named Rosamunde Pilcher. more than 70 stories of her books have been produced for TV. In ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen)

Answer 6

There is a famous german (pretty old) song called Rosamunde :)

i personally do not know any woman called Rosamund or Rosamunde. I think it was more common a few decades ago. So the age group where the name occures may be 60+

More famous names with ROS are:

Rosemarie (also a bit old, often called Rosi/e)

Roswitha (a bit more common, but not very uptodate either)

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

I never met anyone named that anywhere there.

Answer 9

Well, in this century anything starting with Ros- is not really what you'd consider to be a modern German name. ;)

I hope for any woman not to be burdened being called Rosamund. (The writer mentioned above is beyond her sixties if not older)

Other names are: Rosemarie, Roswitha, Roselinde/Rosalinde, Rosa/Rosie..all of them quite out of date.