as a Last Name
- 168,733
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Rose
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, French, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (Latin rosa), in various applications. In part it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a habitational name for someone living at a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion. As an American surname, this name has absorbed cognates and similarsounding names from other European languages.
| 157th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Rosenberg, Rosen, Rosenthal, Rosenbaum, Rosenfeld, Rosenberger, Roseberry, Rosenblum, Roseman, Rosenblatt
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 168,733
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Rose per capita
Top state populations
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