Cosette

Cosette: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “little thing”
Origin: French
Say it: koh-ZET · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Used by Victor Hugo for a character in Les Misérables, likely from French chosette/cosette, a diminutive-style form meaning a little thing. It is primarily known through literature.

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How popular is Cosette?

202431.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Cosette in 2024104

2024 rank#1,909 girls

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 18802,964

Cosette has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Cosette

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Charlottefree man · French
Eleanormeaning uncertain · French
Eloisehealthy; wide · French
Claireclear, bright · French
Nataliebirthday of the Lord · French
Madelineof Magdala · French
Carolinefree woman · French
Allisonnoble kind · French

Cosette questions

What does the name Cosette mean?

Cosette means "little thing". It comes from French. Used by Victor Hugo for a character in Les Misérables, likely from French chosette/cosette, a diminutive-style form meaning a little thing. It is primarily known through literature.

Is Cosette a boy or girl name?

Cosette is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cosette?

104 US babies were named Cosette in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Cosette?

Cosette is usually pronounced koh-ZET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.