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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cosette

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Victorious People
Victorious; the name of one of the main characters in Victor Hugo''s Les Miserables. The beleaguered and romantic Cosette is the daughter of infamous refugee, Jean Valjean.

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Literary

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Cosette

Pronunciation

c(o)-sette, cos(et)-te

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #1571, 138 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1777, 113 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025113
2024104
2023105
202298
2021100
2020104
201994
2018112
2017121
2016120

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #2642, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
20244
2023–
2022–
20214
2020–
20199
2018–
20177
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1947 (rank #303, 50 births); most recent 2001 (rank #3465, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence