Rose

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rosa in PE Peru, EC Ecuador, Rhodes in NZ New Zealand, RU Russia, Ros in ES Spain and Rodas in AR Argentina.

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●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rose is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name791K records spelled Rose27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Rosé, Rôse, Rosê, Röse, Rośe

• French given name679K records spelled Rose7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Also written Rosé, Röse, Rosè, Rôse

• Spanish given name540K records spelled Rose8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Argentina, Chile

  Also written Rosé, Rosè, Röse, Rösë, Rosë

• Swahili given name350K records spelled Rose5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Philippines, Nigeria

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Rosè

• a separate given name220K records spelled Rose8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Ros-E, Rosé, Rosę, Röse, Rôse

• Indonesian given name60K records spelled Rose18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Filipino

  Also written Rose', 'Rose, Rosé, Rosë, Ŗoŝe

• Hindi given name52K records spelled Rose16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Roşe, Rosé, Rosè, Rośe, Róśe

101 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rose is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Since 1776 is a house shield in the Judengasse of Frankfort on Main. Rosen is an American short form for “Rosenstein”. The botanical term is “plant of roses”, but a house sign too. “Rosetree” is the US short form of “Rosenbaum”. “Baum” is the US short form of “Rosenbaum”. With the elimination of the middle syllable in the US, “Ros- wig”.

  as a name·The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

• In German, From mhd. rôse, mnd. rose ‘rose’; demonstrates o/oo length marking. 9,974 bearers.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In Irish, Usually from Old German hros, ‘horse’; in St Rose of Lima it is from rosa, ‘rose’.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, from Hrodohaidis/Rohesia, later influenced by rose; earliest attestation Rothais 1086 DB (Herts)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In German, mostly from the flower name; also from Rozo (HROD- stem) and as a metronymic

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdonb. 1930GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess (1930–2002)
• Claudia Cardinaleb. 1938FRnot in their usual nameItalian actress (1938–2025)
• Sienna Millerb. 1981USnot in their usual nameBritish-American actress
• Lily Allenb. 1985GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer and actress
• Emilia Clarkeb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress, model and writer
• Ruby Roseb. 1986AUAustralian actor, model, DJ, and recording artist
• Emma Robertsb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer, model and producer
• Poppyb. 1995USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Florence Pughb. 1996GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1996)
• Chappell Roanb. 1998USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1998)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,038 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rose?

We estimate roughly 989 thousand people bear Rose (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Rose have the most bearers?

Rose is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled rose.

Where is Rose most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rose is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 67 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Rose compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Rose is the 26th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Rose a male or female name?

Rose 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 Rose mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) ‘person who lives where roses grow abundantly’ or in a house marked by a rose; (ii) from a medieval nickname for someone with a rosy complexion; (iii) an invented Jewish name based on German Rose;…