Girl · English pet form
Rosie
Say it: ROH-zee
Meaning
A pet form of Rose, Rosemary or Rosalind; Rose is usually taken as the flower (Latin rosa), though the medieval name may come from Germanic hrod 'fame'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Long used as a nickname and given as a full name in the US since the 1800s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 81,697 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1900, about 1 in 520 girls
- 646 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Rosy
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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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