Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", a name which means "beloved" and was the name of Desiderius Erasmus, a well-known saint. As a male first name it is most common in Scandinavia.
People with the given name Rasmus include:
Rasmus B. Anderson (1846–1936), American author, professor, and diplomatRasmus Bille Bahncke, Danish songwriter, record producer and musicianRasmus Bartholin (1625-1698) (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus), Danish scientist and physicianRasmus Bengtsson, Swedish football playerRasmus Bengtsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey playerRasmus Bjerg, Danish actor.Rasmus Christensen, (born 1991), Danish football playerRasmus Christiansen (actor), Danish actorRasmus Christiansen (footballer born 1989), Danish soccer playerRasmus Daugaard, Danish football playerRasmus Edstrom, Swedish ice hockey playerRasmus Elm, Swedish football playerRasmus Faber, Swedish music artistRasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalistRasmus Hansen (footballer born 1979), Danish football playerRasmus Hansen (gymnast) (1885–1967), Danish gymnastRasmus Hansen (politician) (1797–1860s), Norwegian jurist and politicianRasmus Hardiker, English actorRasmus Grønborg Hansen, Danish football playerRasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rowerRasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Danish sculptorRasmus Henning, Danish triathlon athleteRasmus Falk, Danish footballerRasmus Festersen, Danish football playerRasmus Flo (1851–1905), Norwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk languageRasmus Frandsen (1886–1974), Danish rowerRasmus Green (1980–2006), Danish football playerRasmus Hatledal (1885–1963), Norwegian topographer and military officer.Rasmus Jensen (d. 1620), Danish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in CanadaRasmus Jonasson, Swedish tennis playerRasmus Jönsson, Swedish football playerRasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actorRasmus Katholm, Danish football playerRasmus Kofoed, Danish chef and restaurateurRasmus Kofoed (cricketer), Danish cricketerRasmus Olsen Langeland (1873-1954), Norwegian politician and ministerRasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Danish programmer and creator of the PHP programming languageRasmus Lindgren, Swedish football playerRasmus Løland (1861–1907), Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writerRasmus Lyberth, Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actorRasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890), Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th centuryRasmus Marvits, Danish football playerRasmus Midgett, (1851–1926), US Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine PriscillaRasmus Mogensen, Danish fashion photographerRasmus Olai Mortensen (1869-1934), Norwegian politician and ministerRasmus Nielsen, Danish football playerRasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politicianRasmus Nøhr, Danish musician and guitaristRasmus Nordbø (1915 – 1983), Norwegian admminstrator and ministerRasmus Pettersen, Norwegian gymnastRasmus Quaade, Danish road and track bicycle racerRasmus Christian Rask (1787-1832), Danish scholar and philologistRasmus Rasmussen, (1899–1974), Danish gymnastRasmus Refer, Danish entrepreneur and businessmanRasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey playerRasmus Lauge Schmidt, Danish handball playerRasmus Schüller, Finnish football playerRasmus Seebach, Danish singer songwriterRasmus Sindre, (1859-1908), Norwegian newspaper editor and politicianRasmus Sjöstedt, Swedish football playerRasmus Skylstad (1893 – 1972), Norwegian diplomatRasmus Carl Staeger (1800 - 1875), Danish entomologistRasmus Steinsvik (1863 – 1913), Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editorRasmus Stjerne, Danish curlerRasmus Thude, Danish singer and songwriterRasmus Andreas Torset (1897-1965), Norwegian politicianRasmus Videbæk, Danish cinematographerRasmus Wengberg, Swedish badminton playerRasmus Wremer, Swedish handball playerRasmus Würtz, Danish football playerHans Rasmus Astrup (1831-1898), Norwegian politicianUrban Jacob Rasmus Børresen (1857–1943), Norwegian rear admiralPeter Rasmus Krag (1825–1891), Norwegian engineer captain in the Norwegian Army and politicianPeder Rasmus Lyng (1799–1863), Norwegian politicianOle Rasmus Møgster, (1958–2010), Norwegian businessperson