Osmond

Meanings

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A community in western Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
4. A minor city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.

1. Alternative form of osmunda (“type of fern”).

Etymology

Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”). Later merged with a Norman French Osmond, Osmont, Omont from the same Old Norse root. Cognate with native Old English Ōsmund.