Names that mean rose
This list groups names by the literal gloss at the start of each meaning, not the cultural notes that follow. Closely related meanings are gathered under rose. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Rosie English · rose flower; nickname-style for Rose
Rose Latin · rose flower
Hong Vietnamese · rose, pink; written Hồng in Vietnamese
Shoshana Hebrew · lily, rose
Rosa Latin · rose; famously borne by civil rights icon Rosa Parks, forever carried in American memory
Kolab Khmer · rose; a loanword that traveled from Persian gulab through India into Khmer
Rhoda Greek · rose
Rosetta Italian · little rose
Rosella Latin · little rose
Róisín Irish · little rose
Nasrin Persian · wild rose
Rosalinda Spanish · traditionally pretty rose; Germanic root gentle horse or shield
Rosalie French · elaboration of Rose, from Latin "rose flower"
Suri Persian · traditionally 'red rose'; also a Yiddish pet form of Sarah
Rosina Italian · An Italian diminutive of Rosa, rose in Latin; known from the heroine of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville.
Rosalia Latin · Late Latin name from rosa, "rose"; borne by a 12th-century Sicilian saint
Rosemarie German · blend of Rose and Mary
Roseline French · French diminutive of Rose; a common Haitian given name
Gul Turkish · rose (Gül)
Rosalind Germanic · gentle horse, or pretty rose (contested); famously borne by Rosalind Franklin, chemist whose X-ray images were essential to discovering the structure of DNA
Rosanna Latin · combination of Rose and Anna, graceful rose
Rosemond French · traditionally famed protector, or rose of the world; used as a Haitian given name
Roseanne Modern American · an English compound of Rose (Latin/French flower name) and Anne (Hebrew Hannah, grace)
Losa Samoan · Samoan form of Rose
Saron Amharic · the rose of Sharon (Ethiopian spelling of the biblical Sharon, 'the fertile plain')
Rosemary English · compound of Rose and Mary, also the herb name
Nvard Armenian · traditionally an ancient Armenian name meaning rose-colored
Roseanna English · An English compound of Rose (flower) and Anna (Hebrew, grace), popular in the Victorian era.
Warda Arabic · rose (a nature name favored by Christian Arab American families)
Rosita Spanish · Spanish diminutive of Rosa, from Latin rosa, rose
Vartan Armenian · traditionally linked to vard: rose bearer
Roseann Modern American · An American compound name joining Rose (the flower) and Ann, from Hebrew Hannah, grace.
Rosanne Modern American · An American compound name joining Rose (the flower) and Anne, from Hebrew Hannah, grace.
Rosalynn English · modern blend of Rosa ('rose') and Lynn
Rosalee French · variant of Rosalie, from Latin 'rosa' (rose)
Kalyna Ukrainian · the kalyna, Ukraine's guelder rose: the red-berried shrub sung as a national symbol
Rosamund Germanic · horse protection, popularly reinterpreted as rosa mundi, "rose of the world"; the medieval legend of Fair Rosamund
Raizy Yiddish · little rose, a pet form of Raizel (Yiddish roiz, 'rose'); a Brooklyn Hasidic favorite
Sirvart Armenian · Armenian name traditionally combining love and rose
Vartiter Armenian · traditionally an Armenian name meaning rose petal
Rosalyn Germanic · variant of Rosalind, traditionally translated as 'gentle horse', later reinterpreted as 'pretty rose'
Roselyn English · modern blend of Rose and the popular suffix '-lyn', variant of Rosalind/Roslyn
Rosaline Germanic · variant of Rosalind, from Germanic elements meaning 'gentle horse', popularly reinterpreted as 'beautiful rose'
Roselynn English · modern blend of Rose and Lynn
Sharyn Modern American · a mid-century respelling of Sharon, from the Hebrew place name for a fertile coastal plain (rose of Sharon)
Roosevelt Dutch · rose field (a Dutch surname); honoring US Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, adopted as a Haitian given name during the 1915-1934 US occupation era
Nakia African American · modern coinage in the '-akia/-ia' family that rose in the 1970s-80s
Kaveh Persian · legendary blacksmith who rose up against a tyrant king
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