Rose

Where Rose comes from

* As 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 such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rose
  • Germanic
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1586
    Rose of Lima born
    Dominican saint from Peru
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #30 among girls — 700 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #14
    6,171 babies named Rose — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #133.
  5. 1979
    Rose Byrne born
    Australian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Germanic.
Namesakes
  • Rose of Lima · Dominican saint from Peru, 1586–1617
  • Rose Byrne · Australian actress, born 1979
  • Rose McGowan · American actress, director and activist, born 1973
  • Rose Leslie · Scottish actress, born 1987
  • Rose Marie · American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer, 1923–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.