Rose
\ʁoz\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Pronunciation | \ʁoz\ |
| Compound names | Anne-Rose, Charlie-Rose, Lily-Rose, Line-Rose, Lisa-Rose, Lysa-Rose, Marie-Rose, Rose-Anne |
Origin and meaning
* 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
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
- Germany
Around the world
- GermanRosa
- CatalanRosa
- DanishRosa
- SpanishRosa
- HungarianRózsa
- ItalianRosa
- DutchRosa
- NorwegianRosa
- PolishRóża
- PortugueseRosa
- RussianРоза
- SwedishRosa
- CzechRůžena
In literature
« La violence de cette passion sans objet était si grande que Rose n’osait plus regarder un homme en face, trant elle craignait de laisser apercevoir dans son regard le sentiment qui la poignait. »Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Wikimedia Commons (Paris (France) avec sigmatisme latéral), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).