Rose (given name)
Rose is female given name. Late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Nicknames are Rosa, Rosalie, Rosina, Rosaria, Rosie. Similar names are Rosanna, Roseanne, Rosamunde.
History
Rose was originally a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod (Bright/Flame) and Heid (Kind). It was originally spelled (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese.[1] It fell out of use during the Middle Ages but was revived during the 19th Century although regarded as being a flower name. Because of the shift in meaning it is now regarded as a girl's name. The name of the flower has the etymology of Old English rōse from the Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon, which is independent from the etymology of the surname Rose, thus there is a distinction between individuals named after the surname and those named after the flower.[2]
This was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint.
Name Day
- Czech: 13 March
- Slovak: 4 September
- Italian: 4 September
- Polish: 4 September, 7 February, 27 January
- Hungarian: 4 September, 23 August, 30 August
Other language variants
- Czech: Rosalie, Rosarie, Růžena
- Slovak: Rozália, Remmie, Ružena
- French: Rose, Rosalie
- Danish: Rosalie
- Dutch: Rosalie, Roos
- Italian: Rosalia, Rosaria
- Portugal: Rosalia, Rosaria
- Spanish: Rosalía
- Galician: Rosalía
- Serbian/Croatian: Ruža, Ružica, Rozalija
- Polish: Rozalia, Róża
- Hungarian: Rozália
People
- Mary Tudor, Queen of France, sister of King Henry VIII of England, was known as "Mary Rose"
- Rose (singer), French singer songwriter
- Rose Byrne, Australian actress, best known for her role on the American television series Damages
- Rose Dugdale, English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of American president John F. Kennedy and his brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy
- Rose Hart, a Ghanaian track and field athlete
- Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter
- Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
- Rose McGowan, American actress
- Lady Rose Gilman, member of the British Royal Family
- Rose Mortem, American musician and fashion designer
- Rose Nabinger, German singer-songwriter
- Rose Porteous, Filipino-born Australian socialite
- Rose Schneiderman, Polish born American labor organizer and socialist
- Rose Stone, African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone
- Rose Venkatesan, Indian transgender talk show host
- Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and political theorist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Rose Marie, an American actress
- Rose Hill, British actress
- Rose Hobart, American actress
- Rose McIver, New Zealander actress
- Rose Leveson-Gower, British aristocrat
- Rose Rollins, American actress
- Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress
- Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Danish director
- Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress
- Kathleen Rose Perkins, American actress
- Amber Rose Revah, American actress
Fictional people
- Amy Rose, a character in the sega franchise that calls herself Sonic the Hedgehog's girlfriend
- Rose/Huntsgirl, a supporting character and Jake Long's main romantic interest, sweetheart, and official girlfriend in American Dragon: Jake Long
- Rose (Street Fighter), a character from the Street Fighter video game series
- Rose Canton of Rose and Thorn, a Golden Age DC Comics villainess
- Rose DeWitt Bukater, one of two main characters in the 1997 film Titanic
- Rose Henderson, a character from ABC TV show Lost
- Rose Lalonde, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
- Rose Nylund, a character in the TV series The Golden Girls
- Rose Ortiz, the pink ranger from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
- Rose Taylor, a character from the TV show 7th Heaven
- Rosé Thomas, a character in the Japanese anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
- Rose Tyler, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who
- Rose Walker, a character in the Sandman comics series
- Rose Wilson, daughter of Deathstroke (Slade) in the DC Comics universe
- Rose Da Silva, a character from the 2006 film Silent Hill
- Rose, a character in the Japanese anime Dragon Crisis!
- Rose Weasley, daughter of Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter books
- Rose Sargent, from the musical Rose of Washington Square
- Rose Hathaway [from Vampire Academy]
- Rose Quartz, a character from the animated series Steven Universe