Rosamond History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Rosamond family

The surname Rosamond was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when Rosamunda held estates in Suffolk.

Early History of the Rosamond family

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Rosamond Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Roseman, Rosamund, Rosamond, Rosomon, Rosamond, Rosmer and many more.

Early Notables of the Rosamond family

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Rosamond Ranking

the United States, the name Rosamond is the 12,146^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Rosamond family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosamond (post 1700) +

Rosamond Deborah McKitterick, British historian, an authority on the Frankish kingdoms in the eighth and ninth centuries AD
Rosamond Mary "Rosa" Monckton (b. 1953), birth name of Rosamond Mary Lawson, an English business woman and charity campaigner
Rosamond Grant Langbridge (1880-1964), Irish novelist, playwright and poet from Glenalla, County Donegal
Rosamond Jane "Ros" Kember (b. 1985), New Zealand cricketer who played three women's One Day Internationals for the New Zealand
Rosamond Nina Lehmann (1901-1990), English novelist
Rosamond Grant, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924 2

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html