katyuana's Personal Name List

Diminutive of Ruža.

Means "hollyhock" in Bulgarian (referring to flowering plants from the genera Alcea and Althaea). This is also an alternate transcription of Macedonian Ружа (see Ruža).

Derived from Czech růže meaning "rose".

Sami variant of Rosa 1, taken literally from the word ruvsá meaning "rose".

Derived from Finnish ruusu meaning "rose" and the diminutive suffix -nen. This is the Finnish name for Briar Rose, or Sleeping Beauty. This is not a given name in Finland, but is occasionally found as a surname.

Means "rose" in Finnish.

Polish form of Rosina.

Diminutive of Róża.

It means "child of a rose"

Japanese version of the name Rose.

Diminutive of Rózsa.

Possibly a combination of Roz and Rhonda. A notable bearer is American singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas (1971-).

Variant of Rosemary.

Diminutive of Roze.

Croatian diminutive of Rozalija.

Variant of Rosiana and Malaysian form of Rosiana.

Allegedly means "woman giving birth" from Proto-Slavic *roditi "to give birth, to bear (fruit)". This is the name of an obscure Russian goddess who has a feast day in late December. She is a winter goddess and is usually depicted wearing antlers.

Means "rose" in Breton.

Dutch form of Rosemary as well as a direct derivation from Dutch rozemarijn "rosemary".

Dutch variant spelling of Rosemarie.

Means "rose" in Lithuanian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Form of Rosalia in several languages.

Czech form of Rosalia.

Meaning unknown.

Means "rose" in Polish. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Variant of Hrodohaidis.

Diminutive of Rose.

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.

Variant spelling of Roswitha.

This name, now extremely rare, comes from the German 'rosen weilt', signifying "wild rose".

This name is either a diminutive of Rosa 1 or formed from Orsula by metathesis of the letter R.

Medieval Italian diminutive of Rosa 1, as -uccia is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix.

Variant of Roselyn.

Diminutive of Rossa.

Variant of Rossana.

Italian form of Roxana.

Variant of Rosalia.

Old German form of Rosamund.

Variant of Rosaminta.

Possibly a variant of Rosmunda or Romina. This name was used by Francesco Cavalli for a character in his opera Giasone (1649).

Spelling variant of Rosmerta.

Icelandic adoption of Rosemary.

Upper German and Swiss variant of Rosemarie.

Combination of Rós and the Old Norse element maðr meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).

Old German form of Rosalind.

Malay form of Ruslan.

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).

Derived 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.

Diminutive of Rosa 2.

Feminine form of Rósinkrans.

Icelandic form of Rosenkrans.

Feminine form of Rósinkar.

Allegedly means "tub of roses" in Icelandic, from rós "rose" and kar "tub".

Portuguese diminutive of Rosa 1.

Combination of Rós and the Old Norse suffix ingr meaning "son of, belonging to".

Diminutive of Rosa 1.

French diminutive of Rose.

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

Possibly from Portuguese rosa "rose" and lírio "lily" (cf. Alíria).

Combination of Rosie and Belle.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Росица (see Rositsa).

Variant form of Rosabel.

Extended form of Rosius. A bearer of this name was Rosianus Geminus, who lived in the first century AD.

Portuguese form of Rosianus, though in some cases it can also be a blend of Rosa 1 with a name ending in -iano, such as Cristiano. This name is mainly found in Brazil.

French form of Rosiana.

Feminine form of Rosianus. A bearer of this name was Rosiana Coleners, a Belgian poet from the 16th century AD.

Dutch form of Rosianus.

Feminine form of Rosius.

Icelandic masculine form of Rósa.

Variant of Rochelle.

Anglicized form of Róisín.

Could be a combination of the prefix Ros- (from Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosanne etc.) and Shae.

Derived from Icelandic rós meaning "rose" (see Rós) and Old Norse fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved". Also see Rosfrith.

Probably an Anglicized form of Rhoswen.

Italian masculine form of Rose.

French diminutive of Rose.

Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.

Catalan (feminine) form of Rosario.

Derived 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.

Combination of Rosen and Cornish gwynn "fair, white, blessed". This is a modern Cornish name.

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.

Nordic form of the German surname Rosenkranz meaning "rosary".

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.

Feminine form of Rosendo.

Variant of Rosina.

Contraction of Rosa 1 and Emma.

A known bearer of this name is Rosemin Madhavji, a Canadian-born fashion entrepreneur of Indian descent.

Contracted form of Rosemarie and Rosemaria.

Variant of Rosemarie.

Combination of Rose and May, possibly used as a diminutive of Rosemary or Rosemarie.

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.

Dutch form of Rosemary.

Variant of Rosemary.

Variant of Rosemarie.

Variant of Rosemarie.

Combination of Swedish ros "rose" and Maj 2 as well as a diminutive of Rosemarie.

Variant of Rosemay.

Variant of Rosalyn.

Meaning unknown, perhaps based on similar-sounding names such as Rosella and Zelpha.

Italian masculine form of Rose.

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.

Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.

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). The Roselil series is a collection of children's fables written by Danish author Josefine Ottesen (1956-).

Diminutive of Roselie.

Variant of Rosália.

Variant of Rosalette.

German contraction of Rose and Lene and Haitian form of Roselène.

Southern German diminutive of Rose and names containing Rose like Rosemarie or Annerose.

Name of Rosebud Denovo, street activist, and Rosebud the Basselope, a character in the comic strip Bloom County.

Variant of Rosanne.

Variant of Rosanna.

Variant of Rosanne.

Variant of Rosalia.

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.

Feminine form of Roscius.

Derived from Old Norse rós meaning "rose" and bjǫrg meaning "help, save, rescue".

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).

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).

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.

Italian feminine form of Rosario.

Polish form of Rosario.

Combination of Rós and the Old Norse element herr meaning "army".

Variant of Josephine, influenced by Rose or Rosa 1.

Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).

Greenlandic diminutive of Rosa 1, formed using the suffix -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little". This is a recently coined Greenlandic name.

Combination of Rose and Anne 1.

Variant of Rosanna.

Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.

Probably an elaboration of Rose. This is the name of a princess in the fairy tale 'Ricdin-Ricdon' by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier. It was also used by the Comte de Caylus for the titular princess in his fairy tale 'Rosanie' (usually known in English as 'Rosanella').

Masculine form of Rosângela.

Masculine form of Rosangela.

Combination of Rosa 1 and Angela.

From the French name Rosanie, which is probably an elaboration of Rose. This is the titular character of the French fairy tale 'Rosanella'. Rosanella is a princess who is split into twelve identical forms, each with an aspect of her personality.

Variant of Rosanna. It has been borne by multiple members of the British nobility: Lady Rosanagh Crichton (1932-2019), daughter of the 5th Earl Erne; Lady Rosanagh Taylour (1961-), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Headfort; and Lady Rosanagh Innes-Ker (1979-), daughter of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe.

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.

Variant of Rosamund, in use since the Middle Ages.

Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie "friend".

From the French surname Rosamel.

Variant of Rosalyn.

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

Variant of Rosalba.

Possibly a diminutive of Rosalía or a combination of Rosa 1 and Lita. This is the title of a 1943 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. It was also used by Bruce Springsteen in his song Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973).

Combination of Rosa 1 or Rosalie with any French name that ends in -ique, such as Angélique and Monique. Also, in some cases, this name might be an attempted gallicization of Rosalieke.

Variant of Roslindis.

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

Latinate form of Rosalind.

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).

Latinate form of Rosaline.

Medieval variant of Rosalind.

Usually a diminutive form of Rosalie, seeing as the name contains the Dutch diminutive suffix -ke. However, in some cases, this name can also be a blend of the names Rosa 1 and Lieke.

Variant of Rosalie.

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.

Portuguese form of Rosalia.

Spanish and Galician form of Rosalia.

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

Possibly an elaborated form of Rosa 1 or Rosalie.

Variant of Rosaline.

Variant of Rosalie.

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

Variant of Rosalie.

Variant of Rosalia, or simply a combination of Rosa 1 and Leah.

Diminutive of Rosalba.

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

Variant of Rosalind.

Means "rosary" in French.

Hispanic variant of Rosalia.

Variant of Rosabel.

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

Variant of Rosalie.

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).

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

Variant of Roosa.

Dutch form of Rosemary. The name coincides with Dutch roosmarijn, a rare variant of rozemarijn "rosemary".

Diminutive of Rosa 1.

Allegedly derived from Estonian roos "rose".

Finnish form of Rosa 1. It also means "pink" in Finnish.

Dutch vernacular form of Rosa 1, meaning "rose" in Dutch.

Roja is the the Tamil name for Rose. Tamil is one of the many languages spoken in India and is mostly spoken in the state of Tamilnadu.

Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.

Irish form of Rose, or directly from the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (genitive róis; of Latin origin).

Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see Rose).

Norman French form of Hrodohaidis.

Derived from Kurdish ro meaning "sun" and gula meaning "rose".

Variant of Rohesia.

Derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose" combined with Greek σθενος (sthenos) meaning "vigour, strength".

Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Derived from the Welsh elements rhos "rose" (cf. Rhosyn) and gwen "white, pure, holy, fair".

Derived from the Greek adjective ῥοδωπός (rhodopos) meaning "rosy-faced, rosy", which consists of the Greek noun ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose" combined with the Greek noun ὤψ (ops) meaning "eye, face, countenance".

In Greek mythology, Rhodope is the wife of king Haemus of Thrace.

Means "rose flower" from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) "rose" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower, blossom". According to the 6th-century Byzantine poet and historian Agathias Scholasticus, this name was borne by a contemporary actress, who may have been his lover; in her case it was likely a stage name. It was later used by the 12th-century Byzantine writer Theodore Prodromos for the heroine of his romance 'Rhodanthe and Dosikles'.

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.

Diminutive of Raisa 2.

From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".

Old German form of Rose.