Ruža

Gender Feminine

Usage Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian

Scripts Ружа(Serbian, Macedonian)

Pronounced Pron. ROO-zha(Croatian, Serbian) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "rose" in Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian, a cognate of Rosa 1. In Macedonian, ружа is an alternate form of the word роза (roza).

Related Names

VariantsRozalija(Croatian) Roza, Ruzha, Rozalija(Macedonian)

DiminutivesRužica(Croatian) Ružica(Serbian)

Other Languages & CulturesRoza, Ruzha(Bulgarian) Rosa(Catalan) Rozálie, Růžena(Czech) Rosa(Danish) Roos, Rosa, Rosalie, Roosje(Dutch) Rosa, Rosalie, Rose, Rosalee, Rosie, Rosy(English) Rósa(Faroese) Roosa, Rosa(Finnish) Rosalie, Rose, Rosette, Rosine(French) Rosalía(Galician) Rosa, Rosalie(German) Rozália, Rózsa, Róza, Rozina, Rózsi(Hungarian) Rós, Rósa(Icelandic) Róise, Róis, Róisín, Rosheen(Irish) Rosa, Rosalia, Lia, Rosella, Rosetta, Rosina(Italian) Rosalia(Late Roman) Rozālija(Latvian) Rozalija, Rožė(Lithuanian) Rosa(Norwegian) Róża, Rozalia(Polish) Rosa, Rosália, Rosinha(Portuguese) Rozalia(Romanian) Roza, Rozaliya(Russian) Rozália, Ružena(Slovak) Rozalija, Zala(Slovene) Rosa, Rosalía, Rosita(Spanish) Rosa(Swedish) Raisa, Raisel(Yiddish)

Name Days

Croatia: March 6

Croatia: August 23

Croatia: October 7

Categories

flowers, isograms, nature, plants, red, top 10 in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Entry updated January 21, 2022