Rosemarie

Where Rosemarie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rosemarie.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Rosemarie through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Peak, #158
    1,300 babies named Rosemarie, the most in any year.
  3. 1952
    Rosemarie Ackermann born
    German former high jumper
  4. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #339.
  5. 1971
    Rosemarie DeWitt born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, a variant of Rosemary borrowed from continental Europe.
Namesakes
  • Rosemarie DeWitt · American actress, born 1971
  • Rosemarie Ackermann · German former high jumper, born 1952
  • Rosemarie Trockel · German artist, born 1952
  • Rosemarie Whyte · Jamaican athletics competitor, born 1986
  • Rosemarie Frankland · Beauty pageant contestant, actress, 1943–2000

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.