Roisin
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Roisin is a given name, most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is the 97th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A female given name from Irish, anglicized form of Róisín, an Irish diminutive of Rose.
- IEIreland1 in 685◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 24K
- AUAustralia1 in 41K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈966 ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 172 ●
- 1 in 175K ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
16K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
A female given name from Irish, anglicized form of Róisín, an Irish diminutive of Rose.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | #97 | 13,605 | 2.6K rec. | — | 151 | Roisin | 109 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 8,759 | 5.8K rec. | — | 10 | Roisin | 140 |
| AU Australia | — | 2,857 | 2.4K rec. | — | 3 | Roisin | 103 |
| US United States | — | 845 | 3.5K rec. | 1 in 394K | 845 | Roisin | 172 |
| CA Canada | — | 441 | 272 rec. | — | 1 | Roisin | 64 |
| DE Germany | — | 118 | 104 rec. | — | listed | Roisin | 30 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 80 | 43 rec. | — | — | Roisin | 25 |
| BR Brazil | — | 51 | 38 rec. | — | 32 | Roisin | 14 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 47 | 57 rec. | 1 in 368K | 47 | Roisin | 20 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | 39 | 10 rec. | — | — | Roisin | 17 |
| IL Israel | — | 33 | 33 rec. | — | — | Roisin | 1 |
| TH Thailand | — | 26 | 11 rec. | — | #525,879 | Roisin | 6 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English28K87%
- Spanish6542%
- French4812%
- Portuguese2821%
- German2731%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 27,728 | 87% |
| Spanish | 654 | 2% |
| French | 481 | 2% |
| Portuguese | 282 | 1% |
| German | 273 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Roisin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
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as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1977 | 8 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1991 | 11 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 17 |
| 1996 | 16 |
| 1997 | 20 |
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 19 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 22 |
| 2004 | 33 |
| 2005 | 24 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 32 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2022 | 38 |
| 2023 | 54 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2025 | 64 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 47 years between 1966–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Róisín Shortallb. 1954IEIrish Labour Party politician
- Róisín Murphyb. 1973IEIrish singer-songwriter
- Roisin Conatyb. 1979GBEnglish comedian
- Roisin McGettiganb. 1980IEIrish runner
- Róisín Ob. 1988IEIrish singer
- Róisín O'Donovanb. 1989IEIrish actress and film director (1989)
- Róisín McLarenb. 1994GBScottish socialist (born 1994)
- Róisín Uptonb. 1994IEfield hockey player
- Róisín M Owensb. 2000IEbiotechnology researcher
- Karin BryanNZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand oceanography academic
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 37 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 845 | #14,029 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 309 | #5,330 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2005 | 280 | #23 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 270 | #6,444 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2009 | 257 | #27 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 1999 | 254 | #17 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2008 | 250 | #28 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2000 | 245 | #23 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2017 | 151 | #37 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 85 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 64 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 42 | #9,389 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 231 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Roisin?
- We estimate roughly 966 people bear Roisin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Roisin have the most bearers?
- Roisin is most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is most often spelled roisin.
- How common is Roisin compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Roisin is the 97th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.
- Is Roisin a male or female name?
- Roisin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Roisin mean?
- Recorded meaning: A female given name from Irish, anglicized form of Róisín, an Irish diminutive of Rose.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Roisin” — the 97th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.