Names That Mean Rose
16 names whose etymology relates to “rose” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
RoseAs an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning s…
RosemaryA combination of Rose +‎ Mary, referring to the flower as a symbol of Virgin Mary, first recorded in the eighteenth century. It is found in continental Europe as Rosemarie a…
RosalieFrom French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”). Doublet of Rosalia.
RossAs a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such…
RooseveltFrom a Dutch name of a farm, either Rozenveld (one in Zeeland) or Ruiseveld (one in Brabant), from Middle Dutch; the former could be a compound of rose (“wild rose / poppy?”) + …
RoyceDerived from the Middle English given name Rose. See English Rose.
RosalindFrom Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Spanish rosa linda "lovely rose".
RhodaFrom Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
RosanneBlend of Rose +‎ Anne, possibly also inspired by Roxanne.
RosannaBlend of Rose +‎ Anna, possibly also inspired by Roxana.
RoseanneFrom Rose +‎ Anne.
RoseannaFrom Rose +‎ Anna.
RhodesFrom French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"…
MaryroseFrom Mary + Rose.
RosyRose + -y
RosaleenAnglicized from Irish Róisín, a diminutive of Rose.
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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