Rose

Latin

"rose, a flower"

Rose Origin and Meaning

The name Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rose, a flower".

Rose is derived from the Latin rosa, which referred to the flower. There is also evidence to suggest it was a Norman variation of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis, meaning "famous type," and also Hros, "horse". In Old English it was translated as Roese and Rohese.

Rose, one of the old-time sweet-smelling flower names, has had a remarkable revival—first of all as a middle name—with parents (e.g., Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck, Jon Stewart, Eric Clapton, Ewan McGregor) finding Rose to be the perfect connective, with more color and charm than old standbys like Sue and Ann. At this point in time, though, some parents are finding there are too many roses in the middle spot of the garden.

As a first name, Rose reached its highest point from 1896 to 1921, the early heyday of flower names, when it was in the Top 20, though it had been in use for centuries before. Rosy/Rosie is an irresistibly cheery nickname, very popular on its own in the UK. There are any number of Rose offshoots, including Rosa, Rosetta, Roseanne, Rosanna, Rosemary, Rosamund, Rosalind, Rosalie, and Rosina.

Rose and Rosie have long been celebrated in song, and notable Roses range from Rose Kennedy to Rose Byrne, and on-screen Roses have featured in a range of films and TV shows, from Titanic to Harry Potter to Golden Girls.

Rose Rank in US Top 1000

# 124 in the US

Rose Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 52 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rose

• 124 US 2023
• 52 Nameberry 2025
• 32 Canada 2023
• 134 Future 2028
• 55 England 2023
• 64 Scotland 2024
• 70 Ireland 2024
• 84 Australia 2024
• 92 New Zealand 2020
• 6 France 2023
• 46 Belgium 2023
• 196 Switzerland 2023
• 95 Dogs 2021

20 Names Similar to Rose

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Rose.

• Lily
• Alice
• Ruby
• Lucy
• Violet
• Grace
• Penelope
• Daisy
• Sophie
• Juliet
• Stella
• Chloe
• Elizabeth
• Anna
• Claire
• Jane
• Scarlett
• Eve
• Belle
• Ivy

Famous People Named Rose

• Saint Rose of Viterbo The Third Order Of Saint Francis
• Saint Rose of Lima member of The Third Order
• Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne French,American nun
• (Marie Josephe) Rose birth name of Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France; renamed by Napoleon at age 32
• Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy American philanthropist; mother of President John F. Kennedy
• Rose Arianna McGowan American actress
• (Mary) Rose Byrne Australian actress
• Rose Wilder Lane American author and politician; daughter of author Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Rose Veronica Coyle Miss America 1936
• Rose Gertrude Namajunas American mixed martial artist
• Rose Eleanor Leslie Scottish actress
• (Frances) Rose McIver New Zealand actress
• Rose Rollins American actress
• Rose stage name of Keren Meloul, French singer
• Rose Laurens French singer
• Rose Lilian Hill English actress
• Rose Hobart American actress
• Rose Marie Mazetta American actress
• Rose Antonia Maria Valland art historian; member of French Resistance
• Rose Levy Beranbaum American baker and cookbook author
• Rose Lavelle American soccer player
• Rose Ellen Dix British youtuber
• Rose Falcon American singer,songwriter
• Rosemarie Alicia "Rose" Jackson American actress
• Rose Marie Emma "Joan" Taylor American actress
• Rose Constance (Bowes Lyon) Leveson,Gower, Countess Granville, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II
• Rosalie Amelia "Rose" Buckingham Selfridge American wife of department store founder Harry Gordon Selfridge
• Rose "Rosie" Stone (born Rosemary Stewart) American singer of band Sly & the Family Stone
• Roseanne "Rosé" Park (Park Chae Young) Australian vocalist of K,Pop group BlackPink
• Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise (Windsor) Gilman (b. 1980) daughter of the Duke of Gloucester; great,granddaughter of Britain's King George V
• Rose Gilroy (b. 1993) daughter of actress Rene Russo and Dan Gilroy
• Rose Beth Brown (b. 1995) daughter of actor Clancy Brown
• Rose Lenore Sophia Blake (b. 2000) daughter of actors Bonnie Lee Bakley and Robert Blake
• Rose Gilley (b. 2010) daughter of actors Emilia Fox and Jeremy Gilley
• Rose Dance (b. 2012) daughter of actor Charles Dance
• Rose Purefoy (b. 2012) daughter of actor James Purefoy
• Rose Dorothy Dauriac (b. 2014) daughter of actress Scarlett Johansson & Romain Dauriac
• Rose Elizabeth Allen (b. 2016) daughter of singer Kris Allen
• Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg daughter of actress Soleil Moon Frye
• Georgia Rose Dolenz daughter of singer Micky Dolenz of The Monkees
• Eden Rose Halsey daughter of athletes Jaime Moore & Steve Halsey
• Alena Rose Jonas daughter of singer Kevin and Danielle Jonas
• Bowie Rose DeHaan (b. 2017) daughter of actors Dane DeHaan and Anna Wood
• Roses Gabor black indie artist and voice of Noodle from Gorillaz in Phase Two and tours
• Rose Vanderboom character in Rusty Lake: Roots

The name Rose in Pop Culture

• Rose DeWitt Bukater Dawson Calvert, character in movie "Titanic"
• Rose Sayer Katharine Hepburn's character in movie "The African Queen"
• Rose Marion Tyler companion of The Doctor from TV's "Doctor Who"
• Rose Solano drug lord and murderer known as Sin Rostro in "Jane the Virgin"
• Rose Granger Weasley, character in the Harry Potter series, daughter of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
• Rose Weil character in "Ocean's" series
• Rose Tico character in film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
• Rose/Shannen character in book "The Cellar"
• Rose Ashby character in The Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano
• Rose MacClare character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• Rose Nylund Betty White's character on TV's "The Golden Girls"
• Rose Campbell main character of Louisa May Alcott's novels "Eight Cousins" and "Rose in Bloom"
• Rose Erskine character on BBC series "Ripper Street"
• Rose Lalonde character in the web comic Homestuck
• Rose Narracott character in play/film "War Horse"
• Rose Marie, character in the Vampire Diaries series
• Rose Hsu Jordan character in "The Joy Luck Club"
• Rose Hathaway character in the Vampire Academy series
• Rose Russell child character on TV series "American Gothic"
• Lady Rose countess Treverton, character from Green city in the sun, by Barbara Wood
• Rose Sommerset character in video game "Mystery case files: Ravenhearst"
• Ruby Rose main character from web series "RWBY"
• Rose "Rosie" Cotton sweetheart and later wife of Samwise Gamgee, from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."
• Rose Calloway Cobolt character in Krista and Becca Ritchie's Addicted Series
• Rose of Sharon Cassidy a character in 'Fallout: New Vegas'
• Rose Quartz character on animated series "Steven Universe"
• Rose Slavin character in 2005 film "The Ballad of Jack and Rose"
• Briar Rose alias of Aurora in Disneys 'Sleeping Beauty'
• Grandma Rose minor character in "Supernatural"
• Rose Goldenblatt Charlotte's daughter on TV's "Sex and the City"
• Rose Royce American R&B group
• Lida Rose song in The Music Man
• Rose Lavillant character in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Rose Mortmain sister of the protagonist in 'I Capture the Castle'

International Variations of the name Rose

• Rosetta Italian
• Arrosa Basque
• Ruzha Russian
• Roísín Irish Gaelic
• Roza Yiddish
• Rosana Italian
• Rozycka Polish
• Rozalia Polish
• Rosine French
• Ruza Russian
• Rosina Italian
• Rosette French
• Roís Irish Gaelic
• Ruzena Czech
• Rosita Spanish
• Rosa Italian
• Roseta Italian
• Roselle French
• Ruzenka Czech
• Rasine Polish