Names Categorized "rose"

ALTANSARNAI f Mongolian
Means "golden rose" in Mongolian.

ANNAGÜL f Turkmen
Derived from Turkmen anna "Friday" and gül "flower, rose".

AYGÜL f Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic element ay meaning "moon" combined with Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose". In some languages this is also a name for a variety of flowering plant that grows in central Asia (species Fritillaria eduardii).

BAHARGÜL f Turkmen
Derived from Turkmen bahar meaning "spring" and gül meaning "flower, rose" (both roots ultimately of Persian origin).

GOL f Persian
Means "flower, rose" in Persian.

GOLBAHAR f Persian
Means "spring rose" in Persian.

GOLNAR f Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and انار (anar) meaning "pomegranate".

GOLNAZ f Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and ناز (naz) meaning "delight, comfort".

GÜÇİN f Turkish
Means "rose picking, rose growing" in Turkish.

GÜLNAZ f Turkish
Turkish form of GOLNAZ.

GULNAZ f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Georgian, Urdu
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Georgian and Urdu form of GOLNAZ.

KOLAB f Khmer
Means "rose" in Khmer (of Persian origin).

KULAP f & m Thai
Means "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).

MAWAR f Indonesian, Malay
Means "rose" in Malay and Indonesian.

NASRIN f Persian, Bengali
Means "wild rose" in Persian.

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

RHODA f Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose". In the New Testament this name was borne by a maid in the house of Mary the mother of John Mark. As an English given name, Rhoda came into use in the 17th century.

RHODOPIS f Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". According to Herodotus this was the name of a prostitute who was a slave with Aesop on Samos. The same figure appears in the 1st-century BC writings of Strabo, which recount the tale of a slave named Rhodopis who marries the Egyptian pharaoh after he finds her sandal and has his men locate the owner. Some sources spell her name as Rhodope.

ROHESIA f Medieval English (Latinized)
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see ROSE).

ROSA (1) f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, English
Generally this can be considered a Latin form of ROSE, though originally it may have come from the 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. A famous bearer was civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

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).

ROSE f English, French
Originally a Norman form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hrod "fame" and heid "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.

ROZABELA f Esperanto
Means "rosy-beautiful" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin rosa "rose" and bella "beautiful".

RŮŽENA f Czech
Derived from Czech růže meaning "rose".

RUŽENA f Slovak
Derived from Slovak ruže meaning "rose".

SARNAI f Mongolian
Means "rose" in Mongolian.

SIRVARD f Armenian
Means "love rose" in Armenian.

SONGÜL f Turkish
From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and gül meaning "rose".

VARDAN m Armenian
Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

VARDO f Georgian
Derived from Georgian ვარდი (vardi) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language via Armenian.

VERED f Hebrew
Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.