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Boy · Dutch surname
Roosevelt
Say it: ROH-zuh-velt
Meaning
From a Dutch surname meaning 'rose field'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given in honour of Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, often in African American families.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 37,835 babies given this name since 1895
- At its height in 1905, about 1 in 501 boys
- 48 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Roosevelt Grier, American football player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.