Roser

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Girl · Catalan (Latin rosa)

Roser

Say it: roo-ZAY

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Meaning

Catalan 'rosebush', from the Mare de Déu del Roser, Our Lady of the Rosary.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

16 babies given this name since 1915
At its height in 1915, about 1 in 164,000 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Spanish	Rosario

Names worth a look

AmparoGirlSpanish 'shelter, protection', from the Virgen de los Desamparados, patroness of Valencia.Victorian · peak 1928

EulaliaGirlGreek eulalos, 'sweetly speaking, well-spoken'.Rome · peak 1893

MontserratGirlCatalan 'serrated mountain', from the mountain and Benedictine abbey near Barcelona whose Black Virgin is patroness…Renaissance · peak 2014

JuanaGirlFeminine of Juan, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.Middle Ages · peak 1904

CatalinaGirlSpanish form of Katherine, a Greek name of uncertain meaning later linked with katharos 'pure'.Middle Ages · peak 2020

IsabelGirlA medieval Occitan and Spanish form of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva 'my God is an oath'.Middle Ages · peak 2003

RosarioGirlSpanish 'rosary', from Nuestra Señora del Rosario.Colonial · peak 1917

RosaireBoyFrom French rosaire 'rosary', honoring Our Lady of the Rosary.Modern · forgotten

Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.