Osmond

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of osmunda (“type of fern”). alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    A community in western Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  4. 4
    A minor city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. 5
    A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.

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.

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