Cosmo

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun slang

  1. Cosmopolitan, an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.
  2. Cosmopolitan, a cocktail.

Origin

Clipping of Cosmopolitan.

Derived

Cosmospeak

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Origin

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).