Rasmus

rahs-moos; raz-mus
Finnish and Scandinavian variation of Erasmus
"beloved, desired"

Rasmus Origin and Meaning

The name Rasmus is a boy's name of Dutch, Finnish origin meaning "beloved, desired".

A form of ancient name newly popular in Eastern Europe, Rasmus is rugged and distinctive - and on trend in Estonia and Finland. Virtually unknown in the U.S. but with its philosophical roots and uplifting meaning, Rasmus seems prime for use. The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band.

Rasmus Popularity

Famous People Named Rasmus

  • Rasmus B. AndersonAmerican author, professor, and diplomat
  • Rasmus Bille BahnckeDanish songwriter, record producer and musician
  • Rasmus Bartholin (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus)Danish scientist and physician
  • Rasmus BengtssonSwedish football player
  • Rasmus BengtssonSwedish ice hockey player
  • Rasmus BjergDanish actor
  • Rasmus ChristensenDanish football player
  • Rasmus ChristiansenDanish actor
  • Rasmus ChristiansenDanish soccer player
  • Rasmus DaugaardDanish football player
  • Rasmus EdstromSwedish ice hockey player
  • Rasmus ElmSwedish football player
  • Rasmus FaberSwedish music artist
  • Rasmus FleischerSwedish historian, musician, freelance journalist
  • Rasmus HansenDanish football player
  • Rasmus HansenDanish gymnast
  • Rasmus HansenNorwegian jurist and politician
  • Rasmus HardikerEnglish actor
  • Rasmus Grønborg HansenDanish football player
  • Rasmus Quist HansenDanish rower
  • Rasmus HarboeDanish sculptor
  • Rasmus HenningDanish triathlon athlete
  • Rasmus FalkDanish footballer
  • Rasmus FestersenDanish football player
  • Rasmus FloNorwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk language
  • Rasmus FrandsenDanish rower
  • Rasmus GreenDanish football player
  • Rasmus HatledalNorwegian topographer and military officer.
  • Rasmus JensenDanish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in Canada
  • Rasmus JonassonSwedish tennis player
  • Rasmus JönssonSwedish football player
  • Rasmus KaljujärvEstonian actor
  • Rasmus KatholmDanish football player
  • Rasmus KofoedDanish chef and restaurateur
  • Rasmus KofoedDanish cricketer
  • Rasmus Olsen LangelandNorwegian politician and minister
  • Rasmus Lerdorfprogrammer and creator of the PHP programming language
  • Rasmus LindgrenSwedish football player
  • Rasmus LølandNorwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer
  • Rasmus LyberthGreenlandic singer, songwriter and actor
  • Rasmus MallingHansen, Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century
  • Rasmus MarvitsDanish football player
  • Rasmus MidgettUS Life,Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single,handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla
  • Rasmus MogensenDanish fashion photographer
  • Rasmus Olai MortensenNorwegian politician and minister
  • Rasmus NielsenDanish football player
  • Rasmus Tønder NissenNorwegian politician
  • Rasmus NøhrDanish musician and guitarist
  • Rasmus NordbøNorwegian admminstrator and minister
  • Rasmus PettersenNorwegian gymnast
  • Rasmus QuaadeDanish road and track bicycle racer
  • Rasmus Christian RaskDanish scholar and philologist
  • Rasmus RasmussenDanish gymnast
  • Rasmus ReferDanish entrepreneur and businessman
  • Rasmus RistolainenFinnish ice hockey player
  • Rasmus Lauge SchmidtDanish handball player
  • Rasmus SchüllerFinnish football player
  • Rasmus SeebachDanish singer songwriter
  • Rasmus SindreNorwegian newspaper editor and politician
  • Rasmus SjöstedtSwedish football player
  • Rasmus SkylstadNorwegian diplomat
  • Rasmus Carl StaegerDanish entomologist
  • Rasmus SteinsvikNorwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor
  • Rasmus StjerneDanish curler
  • Rasmus ThudeDanish singer and songwriter
  • Rasmus Andreas TorsetNorwegian politician
  • Rasmus VidebækDanish cinematographer
  • Rasmus WengbergSwedish badminton player
  • Rasmus WremerSwedish handball player
  • Rasmus WürtzDanish football player
  • Hans Rasmus AstrupNorwegian politician
  • Urban Jacob Rasmus BørresenNorwegian rear admiral
  • Peter Rasmus KragNorwegian engineer captain in the Norwegian Army and politician
  • Peder Rasmus LyngNorwegian politician
  • Ole Rasmus MøgsterNorwegian businessperson

Rasmus in Pop Culture

  • The RasmusFinnish rock band