Rose Forename
Approximately 2,850,867 people bear this name
Rose Forename Definition:
A female name. although this name has, from a fairly early date, been identified with the flower-name and latinized as Rosa, it seems actually to be a derivative of hros or ros ‘horse’ (cf. Rosalind, Rosamund). It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roese, Rohese (Latin Roesia, Rohesia), which became Royse (latinized as Roysia) and Rose in Middle English (cf.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 100% | 418,570 | 1:98 | 5 |
| United States | 100% | 417,873 | 1:868 | 180 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 302,385 | 1:244 | 19 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 288,594 | 1:615 | 87 |
| Kenya | 100% | 141,232 | 1:328 | 50 |
| Philippines | 99% | 140,375 | 1:755 | 134 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 127,589 | 1:414 | 60 |
| Haiti | 100% | 89,417 | 1:120 | 7 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 80,463 | 1:269 | 22 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 73,531 | 1:157 | 22 |
| Ghana | 99% | 54,725 | 1:493 | 114 |
| Malawi | 100% | 51,781 | 1:330 | 58 |
| Brazil | 100% | 45,741 | 1:4,684 | 639 |
| South Africa | 100% | 44,222 | 1:1,233 | 169 |
| Sudan | 100% | 44,025 | 1:859 | 153 |
| England | 100% | 39,065 | 1:1,423 | 276 |
| Canada | 100% | 38,769 | 1:855 | 189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 38,501 | 1:212 | 7 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 32,631 | 1:348 | 56 |
| France | 100% | 26,948 | 1:2,467 | 303 |
| Zambia | - | 23,604 | 1:672 | 143 |
| Burundi | 100% | 21,724 | 1:456 | 113 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 18,245 | 1:845 | 149 |
| Egypt | 99% | 16,548 | 1:5,554 | 625 |
| Benin | 100% | 13,569 | 1:779 | 157 |
| India | 99% | 13,093 | 1:92,788 | 11,386 |
| Central African Republic | - | 12,970 | 1:348 | 133 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 11,542 | 1:2,638 | 254 |
| Ireland | 100% | 10,101 | 1:460 | 97 |
| Liberia | 99% | 9,803 | 1:450 | 91 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,069 | 1:2,606 | 609 |
| Australia | - | 8,599 | 1:1,588 | 313 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,323 | 1:11,722 | 1,688 |
| Germany | 100% | 7,960 | 1:12,145 | 761 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7,340 | 1:767 | 155 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 6,971 | 1:83 | 3 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6,542 | 1:2,229 | 297 |
| Syria | - | 6,320 | 1:3,055 | 447 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,649 | 1:803 | 190 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5,552 | 1:4,156 | 457 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 5,041 | 1:31,633 | 3,156 |
| Togo | - | 4,945 | 1:1,464 | 221 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,858 | 1:594 | 135 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,371 | 1:1,224 | 228 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4,340 | 1:2,732 | 325 |
| Indonesia | 83% | 4,317 | 1:59,755 | 7,324 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 4,198 | 1:4,378 | 570 |
| Congo | 100% | 4,034 | 1:1,242 | 201 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,779 | 1:7,136 | 961 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,712 | 1:9,253 | 764 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,568 | 1:528 | 84 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,548 | 1:3,238 | 595 |
| Afghanistan | 74% | 3,228 | 1:10,106 | 1,046 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,151 | 1:4,316 | 648 |
| Mali | 100% | 3,038 | 1:5,588 | 543 |
| Libya | - | 2,754 | 1:2,259 | 414 |
| Iraq | 94% | 2,660 | 1:13,165 | 942 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,442 | 1:4,341 | 708 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,361 | 1:8,809 | 1,353 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,354 | 1:783 | 179 |
| Chile | 98% | 2,245 | 1:7,843 | 659 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,126 | 1:1,933 | 293 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,085 | 1:8,107 | 1,072 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,773 | 1:5,883 | 830 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,764 | 1:2,703 | 443 |
| China | - | 1,762 | 1:775,287 | 31,116 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,738 | 1:4,726 | 676 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,689 | 1:4,975 | 839 |
| Poland | 97% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,263 | 1:2,811 | 308 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,261 | 1:2,454 | 407 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,219 | 1:215 | 23 |
| Thailand | 96% | 1,130 | 1:62,005 | 6,202 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,106 | 1:21,492 | 3,919 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1,096 | 1:8,054 | 758 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,076 | 1:2,030 | 362 |
| Peru | 98% | 1,056 | 1:30,106 | 1,989 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,051 | 1:9,380 | 840 |
| Qatar | 100% | 969 | 1:2,445 | 307 |
| Mauritius | - | 851 | 1:1,525 | 264 |
| Malta | - | 778 | 1:552 | 130 |
| Swaziland | - | 743 | 1:1,750 | 400 |
| Portugal | - | 738 | 1:14,107 | 768 |
| Bahamas | - | 730 | 1:547 | 127 |
| Italy | 100% | 707 | 1:86,368 | 1,756 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Palestine | 100% | 695 | 1:6,547 | 721 |
| Colombia | 91% | 694 | 1:68,846 | 2,661 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 688 | 1:1,979 | 389 |
| Denmark | - | 682 | 1:8,284 | 757 |
| Guam | - | 677 | 1:237 | 19 |
| Iran | 100% | 656 | 1:119,660 | 2,800 |
| Spain | 100% | 640 | 1:72,703 | 2,466 |
| Norway | 100% | 608 | 1:8,441 | 798 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 589 | 1:51,277 | 3,023 |
| Bahrain | - | 548 | 1:2,461 | 413 |
| French Polynesia | - | 519 | 1:535 | 107 |
| Fiji | - | 460 | 1:1,940 | 537 |
| Brunei | 100% | 450 | 1:932 | 88 |
| Singapore | 97% | 440 | 1:14,289 | 3,109 |
| Pakistan | 79% | 422 | 1:460,563 | 11,021 |
| Micronesia | - | 417 | 1:255 | 61 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 413 | 1:377 | 94 |
| Mexico | 95% | 412 | 1:301,321 | 4,357 |
| Guyana | 100% | 370 | 1:2,063 | 395 |
| Belize | 100% | 323 | 1:1,097 | 219 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 321 | 1:842 | 194 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Kuwait | - | 304 | 1:12,452 | 1,446 |
| Hong Kong | - | 298 | 1:26,016 | 2,322 |
| Russia | 100% | 271 | 1:532,228 | 5,693 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 268 | 1:7,612 | 1,125 |
| Suriname | 100% | 263 | 1:2,102 | 491 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 252 | 1:122,168 | 3,329 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 243 | 1:66,290 | 1,878 |
| Panama | 100% | 238 | 1:16,414 | 1,771 |
| Austria | 100% | 201 | 1:42,359 | 1,378 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 200 | 1:889 | 135 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 193 | 1:37,057 | 3,442 |
| Japan | - | 190 | 1:673,611 | 12,673 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Honduras | 100% | 175 | 1:50,386 | 2,281 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 174 | 1:314 | 44 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 174 | 1:533 | 116 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 159 | 1:45,514 | 1,801 |
| Grenada | 99% | 158 | 1:684 | 111 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 152 | 1:22,550 | 1,175 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 146 | 1:634,405 | 2,213 |
| Ecuador | - | 130 | 1:136,361 | 2,847 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 124 | 1:143,120 | 3,738 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 124 | 1:885 | 170 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 119 | 1:515 | 75 |
| Greece | 100% | 116 | 1:94,263 | 2,616 |
| Barbados | - | 114 | 1:2,542 | 523 |
| Finland | 100% | 110 | 1:49,847 | 1,711 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 109 | 1:5,175 | 563 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 105 | 1:57,317 | 2,595 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 101 | 1:507 | 33 |
| Bermuda | - | 92 | 1:705 | 140 |
| Argentina | 75% | 89 | 1:480,598 | 3,629 |
| Aruba | - | 79 | 1:1,314 | 269 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 76 | 1:457 | 63 |
| South Korea | - | 74 | 1:74,925 | 4,276 |
| Dominica | - | 72 | 1:1,048 | 193 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| American Samoa | - | 52 | 1:1,074 | 130 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 52 | 1:16,751 | 1,178 |
| Jersey | - | 51 | 1:1,960 | 366 |
| Nepal | 86% | 46 | 1:619,290 | 16,526 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 45 | 1:2,480 | 472 |
| Myanmar | - | 43 | 1:1,208,099 | 739 |
| Namibia | - | 42 | 1:57,242 | 3,348 |
| Croatia | 100% | 41 | 1:102,856 | 2,483 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 41 | 1:15,477 | 1,364 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 38 | 1:55,020 | 3,594 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 38 | 1:1,444 | 332 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Tunisia | - | 36 | 1:18,803 | 1,448 |
| Czechia | 97% | 35 | 1:304,462 | 1,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:919 | 199 |
| Romania | 100% | 34 | 1:589,764 | 16,190 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:648 | 99 |
| El Salvador | - | 28 | 1:226,492 | 3,036 |
| Nauru | 100% | 27 | 1:442 | 47 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 26 | 1:510 | 45 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Yemen | - | 25 | 1:1,051,870 | 3,181 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 23 | 1:707,536 | 12,966 |
| Iceland | - | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Armenia | 100% | 20 | 1:145,938 | 3,082 |
| Monaco | 100% | 20 | 1:1,923 | 383 |
| Maldives | 60% | 19 | 1:22,837 | 977 |
| Niger | 100% | 19 | 1:1,009,684 | 15,865 |
| Algeria | - | 14 | 1:2,726,909 | 7,402 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Belarus | 86% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 10 | 1:583 | 145 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| Albania | - | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Georgia | 100% | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 7 | 1:351,251 | 4,834 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Rosé (88), Röse (4), Rôse (3), Rosè (1), Rosê (1) & Röşe (1) are calculated separately.
Rose (415,299) may also be a surname.
Rose Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. although this name has, from a fairly early date, been identified with the flower-name and latinized as Rosa, it seems actually to be a derivative of hros or ros ‘horse’ (cf. Rosalind, Rosamund). It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roese, Rohese (Latin Roesia, Rohesia), which became Royse (latinized as Roysia) and Rose in Middle English (cf. surnames Royce, Royse, Rose). Promptorium Parvulorum gives it as Rose, Latin Rosa. It was rather rare in the 15th-18th C but was revived in the 19th C.
Roesia Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1220. Rohesia, Roheis Curia Regis Rolls 1164. Roysia Feudal Aids 1303. Rosa Feudal Aids 1316, Hundred Rolls 1273, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Roseia Feudal Aids 1346. Rose Feudal Aids 1316. Royse English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450. Roos Lincs 1529.
A female name. although this name has, from a fairly early date, been identified with the flower-name and latinized as Rosa, it seems actually to be a derivative of hros or ros ‘horse’ (cf. Rosalind, Rosamund). It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roese, Rohese (Latin Roesia, Rohesia), which became Royse (latinized as Roysia) and Rose in Middle English (cf. surnames Royce, Royse, Rose). Promptorium Parvulorum gives it as Rose, Latin Rosa. It was rather rare in the 15th-18th C but was revived in the 19th C.
Roesia Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1220. Rohesia, Roheis Curia Regis Rolls 1164. Roysia Feudal Aids 1303. Rosa Feudal Aids 1316, Hundred Rolls 1273, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Roseia Feudal Aids 1346. Rose Feudal Aids 1316. Royse English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450. Roos Lincs 1529.
A female name derived from the Latin rosa, a rose. The Romans sometimes called their sweethearts ‘rosa mea.’
Latin (feminine) - Rose, fig. rosy complexion.
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A Dutch name literally meaning 'rose'. It may also come from German names beginning with rod- and hroth-, meaning 'glory'.
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Rose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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| Rose in the Russian language | ||
| Росе | rose | - |
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