Roosevelt

I love Roosevelt for a girl. Maybe Ro for a nick name.

I really like that name and open to using. I am actually interested in its gender neutrality, I'm sorry but unless said kid decided they want to go by Rose, why would you shorten it to Rose? In my opinion it doesn't make sense to name a kid one thing and call it something else 90 percent of the time. It would be a completely different story if the kid decided it. But they are not here and you already decided that it needs a built in nickname to call them. I'm sorry, but what's the point of that? If that's the case then name them Rose. Overall I love what the people above me said, it would be perfect for someone wanting a law job and a musician. I love it with Lincoln, Roosevelt and Lincoln, sound so cool.

It's kind of funny how people used to name their children after the president, it seems a little tacky to me when it's so obvious, thank goodness people aren't naming their kids "Obama". I don't really see how you could call someone Roosevelt, it seems so long and surname-y! There aren't even any nicknames, unless you want your son to be tormented for using the nickname Rose.

I think it would be better to use Theodore or Eleanor or Franklin- both to specify who you're honoring and to make life easier for the kid.

I do think this is interesting because of our awesome twenty-sixth and thirty-second presidents, as well as my favorite first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, but it sounds pretentious as a given name. And he won't like being called Rose for short!