Names Matching Pattern *ros*

'Achashwerosh m Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew form of Ahasuerus.

Alexandros m Greek, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek Mythology
Greek form of Alexander.

Ambrose m English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.

Ambrosi m Georgian
Georgian form of Ambrosios (see Ambrose).

Ambrosia f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Ambrosios (see Ambrose).

Ambrosine f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ambrose.

Ambrósio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

Ambrosio m Spanish
Spanish form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

Ambrosios m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Ambrose.

Ambrosius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ambrosios.

Amvrosiy m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

Anargyros m Greek
From the Greek term ἀνάργυρος (anargyros) meaning "poor, incorruptible", derived from Greek ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with ἄργυρος (argyros) meaning "silver". This term referred to saints who did not accept payment for their services.

Antipatros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Antipater.

Apollodoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god Apollo combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Argyros m Ancient Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.

Artemidoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Artemis" from the name of the goddess Artemis combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a Greek author of the 2nd century who wrote about the interpretation of dreams.

Athenodoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Athena" from the name of the god Athena combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Bedros m Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Petros.

Botros m Arabic, Coptic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بطرس (see Butrus).

Boutros m Arabic, Coptic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بطرس (see Butrus).

Briar Rose f Literature
English translation of German Dornröschen. This is the name of the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty in the Brothers Grimm version of the story.

Christoforos m Greek
Modern Greek form of Christopher.

Christophoros m Late Greek
Greek form of Christopher.

Crosby m English (Modern)
From a surname that was derived from the name of an English town, itself meaning "cross town" in Old Norse.

Diodoros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Diodorus.

Dionysodoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Dionysos" from the name of the god Dionysos combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Dobroslav m Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic elements dobrŭ "good" and slava "glory".

Dobroslava f Czech
Feminine form of Dobroslav.

Dobroslavŭ m Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Dobroslav.

Dobrosław m Polish
Polish form of Dobroslav.

Dobrosława f Polish
Polish feminine form of Dobroslav.

Dornröschen f Literature
From German Dorn "thorn" and Rose "rose" combined with the diminutive suffix -chen. This is the name of Sleeping Beauty in the Brothers Grimm telling of the fairy tale.

Effrosyni f Greek
Modern Greek form of Euphrosyne.

Epikouros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Epicurus.

Eros m Greek Mythology
Means "love" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was a young god, the son of Aphrodite, who was armed with arrows that caused the victim to fall in love.

Euandros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Evander 1.

Euphrosyne f Greek Mythology
Means "mirth, merriment, cheerfulness" in Greek, a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φρήν (phren) meaning "mind, heart". She was one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.

Frosina f Macedonian
Macedonian form of Euphrosyne.

Generosa f Late Roman, Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Generosus. This name was borne by Generosa of Scillium, a martyr and saint from the 2nd century.

Generoso m Italian, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Generosus.

Generosus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin generosus meaning "well-born, noble, excellent", from genus meaning "birth, origin". This name was borne by a few early saints, including a 4th-century martyr from Ortona dei Marsi in Italy.

Grosvenor m English (Rare)
From an English surname that meant "great hunter" in Norman French.

Heliodoros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Heliodoro.

Hesperos m Ancient Greek
Means "evening" in Greek. This was the name of the personification of the Evening Star (the planet Venus) in Greek mythology.

Hiroshi m Japanese
From Japanese 寛 (hiroshi) meaning "tolerant, generous", 浩 (hiroshi) meaning "prosperous", or other kanji and kanji combinations that are read the same way.

Homeros m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of Homer.

Horos m Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Heru (see Horus).

Iairos m Biblical Greek
New Testament Greek form of Jairus.

Ikaros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Icarus.

Isidoros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Isidore.

Jaroslav m Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Yaroslav.

Jaroslava f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Yaroslav.

Jaroslavas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Yaroslav.

Jaroslavŭ m Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Yaroslav.

Jarosław m Polish
Polish form of Yaroslav.

Jarosława f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Jarosław.

Kassandros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Cassander.

Kerberos m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Cerberus.

Kleopatros m Ancient Greek
Greek masculine form of Cleopatra.

Kourosh m Persian
Modern Persian form of Cyrus.

Kurosh m Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian کورش (see Kourosh).

Kyros m Old Persian (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Greek form of Old Persian Kuruš (see Cyrus).

Lazaros m Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of Lazarus.

Leandros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Leander.

Lily-Rose f English
Combination of Lily and Rose.

Lysandros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Lysander.

María Rosa f Spanish
Combination of María and Rosa 1.

María Rosario f Spanish
Combination of María and Rosario.

Marie-Rose f French
Combination of Marie and Rose.

Menandros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Menander.

Milagros f Spanish
Means "miracles" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, which means "Our Lady of Miracles".

Milagrosa f Spanish
Means "miraculous" in Spanish. It is taken from the phrase medalla milagrosa meaning "miraculous medal", referring to the devotional medal made by Adrien Vachette based on Saint Catherine Labouré's visions of the Virgin Mary in Paris in 1830.

Miroslav m Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic elements mirŭ "peace, world" and slava "glory". This was the name of a 10th-century king of Croatia who was deposed by one of his nobles after ruling for four years.

Miroslava f Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene
Feminine form of Miroslav.

Miroslavŭ m Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Miroslav.

Mirosław m Polish
Polish form of Miroslav.

Mirosława f Polish
Feminine form of Mirosław.

Myroslav m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Miroslav.

Myroslava f Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of Miroslav.

Nikandros m Ancient Greek
Means "victory of a man" from the Greek elements νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). This was the name of a 2nd-century BC Greek poet and grammarian from Colophon.

Nikephoros m & f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "carrying victory" from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and φέρω (phero) meaning "to carry, to bear". This name was borne by several Byzantine emperors, including the 10th-century Nikephoros II Phokas. Besides being a masculine personal name, it was also a title borne by the goddess Athena.

Nymphodoros m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek νύμφη (nymphe) meaning "bride, nymph" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Olympiodoros m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "gift of Olympus", derived from Olympos, the name of the mountain home of the Greek gods, combined with δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Omiros m Greek
Modern Greek form of Homer.

Onesiphoros m Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Ancient Greek form of Onesiphorus.

Petros m Greek, Armenian, Biblical Greek
Greek and Armenian form of Peter.

Phaidros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Phaedrus.

Philandros m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of Philander.

Philophrosyne f Greek Mythology
Means "friendliness, kindliness" in Greek, a derivative of φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" and φρήν (phren) meaning "mind, heart". In Greek mythology this was the name of the personification of welcome and friendliness.

Piroska f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Prisca, influenced by the Hungarian word piros meaning "red".

Primrose f English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".

Prochoros m Biblical Greek
Greek form of Prochorus.

Proscovia f Eastern African
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to Praskovya. It is mainly used in Uganda.

Prosdocimus m Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Προσδόκιμος (Prosdokimos) meaning "expected, looked for". The 1st-century saint Prosdocimus was the first bishop of Padua.

Prosdokimos m Late Greek
Greek form of Prosdocimus.

Prosenjit m Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali প্রসেনজিৎ (see Prasenjit).

Proserpina f Roman Mythology
Means "to emerge" in Latin. She was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Persephone.

Proserpine f Roman Mythology (Anglicized, Gallicized)
English and French form of Proserpina.

Prosper m French, English
From the Latin name Prosperus, which meant "fortunate, successful". This was the name of a 5th-century saint, a supporter of Saint Augustine. It has never been common as an English name, though the Puritans used it, partly because it is identical to the English word prosper.

Próspero m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Prosper.

Prospero m Italian
Italian form of Prosper. This is the name of the main character, a shipwrecked magician, in The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare.

Prosperus m Late Roman
Latin form of Prosper.

Prossy f Eastern African
Diminutive of Proscovia, mainly used in Uganda.

Rós f Icelandic
Means "rose" in Icelandic.

Ros f English
Short form of Rosalind, Rosamund and other names beginning with Ros.

Rósa f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Rosa 1.

Rosa 1 f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German, English
Generally this can be considered to be from Latin rosa meaning "rose", though originally it may have come from the unrelated Germanic name Roza 2. This was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy. In the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Polish-German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) and the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

Rosa 2 f Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Means "dew" in the South Slavic languages.

Rosabel f English (Rare)
Combination of Rosa 1 and the common name suffix bel, inspired by Latin bella "beautiful". This name was created in the 18th century.

Rosabella f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosabel.

Rosaire m French
Means "rosary" in French.

Rosalba f Italian
Italian name meaning "white rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and alba "white". A famous bearer was the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).

Rosalee f English
Variant of Rosalie.

Rosaleen f English (Rare), Irish
Variant of Rosaline. James Clarence Mangan used it as a translation for Róisín in his poem Dark Rosaleen (1846).

Rosália f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Rosalia.

Rosalía f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Rosalia.

Rosalia f Italian, Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose". This was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint.

Rosalie f French, German, Dutch, English
French, German and Dutch form of Rosalia. In the English-speaking this name received a boost after the release of the movie Rosalie (1938), which was based on an earlier musical.

Rosalin f English (Rare)
Medieval variant of Rosalind.

Rosalina f Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate form of Rosaline.

Rosalind f English
Derived from the Old German elements hros meaning "horse" and lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender". The Normans introduced this name to England, though it was not common. During the Middle Ages its spelling was influenced by the Latin phrase rosa linda "beautiful rose". The name was popularized by Edmund Spencer, who used it in his poetry, and by William Shakespeare, who used it for the heroine in his comedy As You Like It (1599).

Rosalinda f Spanish, Italian
Latinate form of Rosalind.

Rosaline f English
Medieval variant of Rosalind. This is the name of characters in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost (1594) and Romeo and Juliet (1596).

Rosalva f Spanish
Variant of Rosalba.

Rosalyn f English
Variant of Rosaline. It can also be considered an elaboration of Rose with the common name suffix lyn.

Rosalynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosalyn.

Rosa María f Spanish
Combination of Rosa 1 and María.

Rosamond f English
Variant of Rosamund, in use since the Middle Ages.

Rosamund f English (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection". This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Rosana f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Roxana.

Rosângela f Portuguese
Combination of Rosa 1 and Ângela.

Rosangela f Italian
Combination of Rosa 1 and Angela.

Rosanna f Italian, English
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.

Rosannah f English (Rare)
Variant of Rosanna.

Rosanne f English, Dutch
Combination of Rose and Anne 1.

Rosaria f Italian
Italian feminine form of Rosario.

Rosário f Portuguese
Portuguese (feminine) form of Rosario.

Rosario f & m Spanish, Italian
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian.

Rosaura f Spanish
Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).

Roscoe m English
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, itself derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest".

Rose f English, French
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.

Roseann f English
Variant of Rosanne.

Roseanne f English
Variant of Rosanne.

Rosélia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese variant form of Rosalia.

Roseline f French
French form of Rosalind. Saint Roseline of Villeneuve was a 13th-century nun from Provence.

Rosella f Italian
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.

Roselle f Various
Diminutive of Rose. This is the name of a type of flowering shrub (species Hibiscus sabdariffa) native to Africa but now grown in many places, used to make hibiscus tea.

Roselyn f English
Variant of Rosalyn.

Roselyne f French
Variant of Roseline.

Rose-Marie f French
Combination of Rose and Marie.

Rosemarie f English, German, Dutch
Variant of Rosemary.

Rosemary f English
Combination of Rose and Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.

Rosemonde f French
French form of Rosamund.

Rosenda f Spanish
Feminine form of Rosendo.

Rosendo m Spanish
Spanish form of the Visigothic name *Hroþisinþs, composed of the Gothic elements hroþs "fame" and sinþs "time". This was the name of a 10th-century Galician saint, also known as Rudesind.

Rosenrot f Literature
Means "rose red" in German, used in the Brothers Grimm folktale Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (English translation Snow-White and Rose-Red). In the tale Rosenrot and her sister Schneeweißchen befriend a bear who has been cursed by an evil dwarf.

Roser f Catalan
Catalan (feminine) form of Rosario.

Rosetta f Italian
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.

Rosette f French
French diminutive of Rose.

Roshan m & f Persian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Means "light, bright" in Persian.

Roshanak f Persian
Feminine form of Roshan, used in Persian to refer to Roxana the wife of Alexander the Great.

Roshanara f Persian (Archaic)
From Persian روشن (rōshan) meaning "light" and آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn". This was the name of the second daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

Rosheen f Irish
Anglicized form of Róisín.

Roshni f Marathi, Hindi
From Hindi and Marathi रौशनी (raushanī) meaning "light, brightness", ultimately of Persian origin.

Rosica f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Росица (see Rositsa).

Rosie f English
Diminutive of Rose.

Rosina f Italian
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1. This is the name of a character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (1816).

Rosine f French
French diminutive of Rose.

Rosinha f Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of Rosa 1.

Rosita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Rosa 1.

Rositsa f Bulgarian
Diminutive of Rosa 2.

Roslindis f Germanic (Latinized)
Old German form of Rosalind.

Roslyn f English
Variant of Rosalyn.

Rosmarie f German
Upper German and Swiss variant of Rosemarie.

Rosmunda f Germanic
Old German form of Rosamund.

Ross m Scottish, English
From a Scottish and English surname that originally indicated a person from a place called Ross (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), derived from Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland". A famous bearer of the surname was James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.

Rossa f Italian (Rare)
Means "red" in Italian.

Rossana f Italian
Italian form of Roxana.

Rossella f Italian
Diminutive of Rossa.

Röstäm m Tatar
Tatar form of Rostam.

Rostam m Persian, Persian Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly from Iranian roots *rautas "river" and *taxma "strong". Rostam was a warrior hero in Persian legend. The 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi recorded his tale in the Shahnameh.

Rostislav m Russian, Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements orsti "to grow" and slava "glory".

Rostom m Georgian
Georgian form of Rostam.

Rostyslav m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Rostislav.

Roswell m English
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".

Roswitha f German
Derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and swind "strong". This was the name of a 10th-century nun from Saxony who wrote several notable poems and dramas.

Rosy f English
Diminutive of Rose.

Spiros m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρος (see Spyros).

Spyros m Greek
Short form of Spyridon.

Srosh m Persian Mythology
Middle Persian form of Soroush.

Stavros m Greek
Means "cross" in Greek, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

Telesphoros m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Télesphore.

Teukros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Teucer.

Tewodros m Amharic
Amharic form of Theodore.

Theodoros m Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of Theodore.

Toros m Armenian
Armenian form of Theodore.

Uros m Serbian
Alternate transcription of Serbian Урош (see Uroš).

Uroš m Serbian, Slovene
Serbian form of an old Hungarian name, possibly from úr meaning "man, lord" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of five Serbian kings.

Vatroslav m Croatian
Derived from Croatian vatra "fire" combined with the Slavic element slava "glory". It was coined (or revived from an unattested name) in the 19th century.

Věroslav m Czech
Combination of the Czech name Věra or word víra (both meaning "faith") with the Slavic element slava meaning "glory".

Věroslava f Czech
Feminine form of Věroslav.

Yaroslav m Russian, Ukrainian
Means "fierce and glorious", derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and slava "glory". Yaroslav the Wise was an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv who expanded Kievan Rus to its greatest extent.

Yaroslava f Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian and Russian feminine form of Yaroslav.

Yevfrosiniya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Euphrosyne.

Zephyros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Zephyr.

Zopyros m Ancient Greek
Means "glowing" in Greek. This was the name of a Persian nobleman who aided his king Darius in the capture of Babylon. He did this by mutilating himself and then going to the Babylonians claiming that it had been Darius who did it to him. After gaining their trust he betrayed them.