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Rosaspina f Folklore (Italianized)From Italian
rosa meaning "rose" and
spina "thorn, spine", used as a translation of German
Dornröschen, the title character of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale (known as Briar Rose in English).
Roscigniew m PolishDerived from the Slavic name element
rasti "to grow" and
gnyevu "anger".
Roscillus m HistoryRoscillus was a chief of the Allobroges, who had served Julius Caesar with great fidelity in the Gallic Wars, and was treated by him with great distinction.
Rościmir m PolishThe first element of this name is derived from Polish
rościć, which can mean "to claim, to lay claim to" as well as "to sprout". Also compare Polish
rosnąć "to grow, to sprout, to increase", Croatian
rasti "to grow, to increase" and Czech
růst "to grow, to increase"... [
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Roscius m Ancient RomanFrom a Roman nomen gentile, which was derived from Latin
ros "dew" via
roscidus "dewy, wet". This name was borne by several ancient Romans, one of them being an ancient Roman actor named Quintus Roscius Gallus.
Rosedale m EnglishA variant of Rosendale . habitational name from Rosedale (North Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ with an uncertain first element either hross ‘horse’ (genitive plural hrossa) or the Old Norse personal name Russi Ross
Rosegold m English (Modern, Rare)Derived from English
rose gold, the name of a gold-copper alloy which is sometimes also used to describe a colour that is golden yet somewhat reddish.... [
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Roselil f Danish (Rare)Possibly a combination of Danish
rose meaning "rose" and
lilje meaning "lily" or
lille meaning "little".
Roselil og hendes moder (
Roselil and Her Mother) is a Danish song by Christian Knud Frederik Molbech (1821-1888)... [
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Rosemene f Haitian CreoleCombination of
Rose and -
mene, a feminine name suffix commonly used in Haiti. The second element might be taken from
Philomène or from a name such as
Chrismene,
Dieumene,
Jesumene or
Viergemene in which it appears to originate from French
mène meaning "leads" (i.e., the aforelisted names appear to be derived from French phrases with religious meanings - "Christ leads", "God leads", "Jesus leads" and "the Virgin (Mary) leads", respectively).
Rosen m BulgarianDerived from Bulgarian
росен (rosen) "dittany (a type of flower)". This name is borne by Rosen Plevneliev (1964-), the fourth president of Bulgaria.
Rosencrantz m TheatreAnglicized form of the noble Danish surname
Rosenkrantz. Shakespeare used this name for a childhood friend of Hamlet in his play
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600).
Roseo m ItalianDerived from the Latin adjective
roseus "pink, rosy, rose-coloured". A bearer of this name is RJ Rosales (a Filipino artist of Spanish descent). The name seems to originally come from Italy, though, since
roseo is an existing adjective there for "pink, rosy" (as opposed to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries) and because sources list it as a legitimate Italian name.
Rose Red f FolkloreEnglish translation of German
Rosenrot. This name was featured on the German fairy tale
Snow-White and Rose-Red by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Rósey f IcelandicCombination of the Old Norse name elements
rós "rose" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Rosh m BiblicalMeaning "Head." Rosh is the seventh of the ten sons of
Benjamin named in Genesis 46:21
Ro'shno f UzbekPotentially derived from
ro'shnolik meaning "a happy and comfortable life".
Rosianus m Late RomanExtended form of
Rosius. A bearer of this name was Rosianus Geminus, who lived in the first century AD.
Rosién f & m IrishDiminutive of Róis or the Irish word for rose
Rosina f GermanGerman short form of
Euphrosina, common in the 1700s and 1800s, then almost forgotten and now being revived in recent years.
Rosius m Ancient RomanDerived from Latin
rosa "rose", though a connection with Latin
ros "dew" may also be possible (see
Roscius). The best known bearer of this name was the Roman consul Rosius Regulus.
Róska f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)In the case of Icelandic avant-garde artist Róska (1940-1996), it was apparently a contraction of her real name,
Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir (i.e. presumably formed from
R, the first letter of her given name, and
Óska, the first four letters of her surname - itself a derivative of the given name
Óskar).
Rǫskva f Old Norse, Norse MythologyDerived from
rǫskr "brave". In Norse mythology Rǫskva is a farmer's daughter;
Thor takes her and her brother
Þjálfi with him as servants when he goes to Utgarðaloki.
Roslin f EnglishDerived from the place name Roslin belonging to a village in Scotland.
Rosmerta f Celtic MythologyProbably means "great provider" from Gaulish
ro, an intensive prefix (hence "very, most, great"), combined with
smert "purveyor, carer" and the feminine name suffix
a. This was the name of an obscure Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility, abundance and prosperity... [
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Rosmina f TheatrePossibly a variant of
Rosmunda or
Romina. This name was used by Francesco Cavalli for a character in his opera
Giasone (1649).
Roßlieb m German (Rare, Archaic)German calque of
Philipp as chosen by Philipp Wackernagel, derived from the Germanic name elements
hros "horse" (with modernised spelling) and
lieb "kind, dear".
Rosslyn f English (Rare)Either a variant of
Roslyn or, in more recent times, an adoption of the name of
Rosslyn Chapel in the Scottish village of Roslin which became famous overnight thanks to the publication of
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln in 1982 (and again two decades later when it featured in Dan Brown's
The Da Vinci Code (2003)).... [
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Rosso m ItalianItalian form of
Russus. A known bearer of this name was Rosso Fiorentino, an Italian painter from late medieval times.
Rossy f SpanishDiminutive of
Rosa 1 and
Rosana. Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), better known as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress, singer and model.
Rostevan m Literature, Georgian (Rare)Georgian sources state that this name is of Persian origin and means "straight, righteous" as well as "wise, sage" and "truthful". This should connect the name to Middle Persian
rāst meaning "true, straight, direct" and
rastīh meaning "truth", which have evolved into modern Persian as respectively راست
(râst) and راستی
(râsti).... [
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Rostimir m RussianDerived from Slavic
rosts "usurp" combined with Slavic
mir "peace".
Rostomi m GeorgianForm of
Rostom with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Roston f UzbekPossibly derived from the Uzbek
rost meaning "true, real".