# Rose (given name)

Rose is a female given name. It is a late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Variants are Rosa, Rosario, Rosie, Rosalba, Rosalie, Rosalia, Rosina, Rosaria, Rosalyn and Rosalina. Similar names are Rosanna and Rosamunde. It may be a short form of Rosemary, Roseanne and Rosemond.

## History

Rose was originally a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod ("fame") and Heid ("kind", "type"). It was originally spelled (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese. It was used in England, Italy, and France throughout the Middle Ages, and its popularity increased during the 19th century while still regarded as being a flower name. The name of the flower has the etymology of Old English rōse from the Latin rosa; phonetically linked to the Greek rhódon, which is independent of the etymology of the surname Rose. Distinctions can sometimes be made between individuals who derive this given name after the surname and those who are named after the flower.
Rhoda, as in Acts 12:12-15, is the Greek equivalent. St. Rose of Lima was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized.

## Other language variants

* Czech: Rosalie, Rosálie, Rosarie, Růžena
* Danish: Rosalie
* Dutch: Roos, Rosa, Rosalie
* French: Rose, Rosalie
* Galician: Rosalía
* Greek: Rhodē ˁΡόδη
* Hungarian: Rozália
* Indonesian: Rosa, Rose, Rosalia, Rosalina, Rosella, Rosaria, Rosy, Rosario, Rosalyn, Rosaria, Rosina
* Irish: Róisín
* Italian: Rosa, Rosalba, Rosalia, Rosalina, Rosaria, Rosaura, Rosella, Rosellina, Rosetta, Rosina
* Latvian: Roze, Roza, Rozālija, Rozīte (diminutive)
* Portuguese: Rosa, Rosália, Rosalba, Rosária, Rosy, Rose (mainly in Brazil, e.g. Rose de Freitas), Rosinha (diminutive)
* Polish: Rozalia, Róża
* Serbo-Croatian: Ruža, Ružica, Rozalija
* Slovak: Rozália, Remmie, Ružena, Rozalina
* Spanish: Rosalía, Rosa, Rosalba, Rosario
* Ukrainian: Розалія/Rozalia, Рузя/Ruzya

## People with the given name

* Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496–1533), sister of King Henry VIII of England, known as "Mary Rose"
* Rose of Viterbo (1233–1251), Italian saint
* Rose (French singer) (born 1978), French singer-songwriter
* Rose, stylist and cast member on Love & Hip Hop: New York
* Rose-Alexandrine Barreau (1773–1843), French soldier
* Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), Australian painter and miniaturist
* Rose Byrne (born 1979), Australian actress, best known for her role on the American television series Damages
* Rose Chen Aijie, Chinese saint
* Rose Cleveland (1846–1918), acting First Lady of the United States from 1885 to 1886
* Rose Collins, Irish camogie player
* Rose Combe (1883–1932), French writer
* Rose Emma Drummond (1790-1840), British portrait miniaturist
* Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), French-American saint
* Rose Dugdale (born 1941), English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army
* Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995), mother of American president John F. Kennedy and his brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy
* Rose Freistater (born 1908), American schoolteacher
* Rose Gaffney (1895–1979), American environmental activist
* Lady Rose Gilman, member of the British Royal Family
* Rose Girone (1912–2025), Polish Holocaust survivor and American businesswoman
* Rose Goldblatt (1913–1997), Canadian administrator, pianist and teacher
* Rose Hamburger (1890–1996), American racetrack handicapper
* Rose Hart (born 1942), Ghanaian track and field athlete
* Rose Henderson (1871–1937), Canadian political and social activist
* Rose Hendriks (fl. 1845–1856), British novelist and poet
* Rose Hill (actress) (1914–2003), British actress
* Rose Hill (athlete), British wheelchair athlete
* Rose Hilton (1931–2019), English painter
* Rose Hobart (1906–2000), American actress
* Rose Kennedy (1890–1995), American philanthropist, socialite, and a member of the Kennedy family
* Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (1918–2005), a member of the Kennedy family
* Rose Kim (given name also spelled "Rosa" or "Nosa"), Korean saint
* Rose Laurens (1953–2018), French singer-songwriter
* Rose Leslie (born 1987), Scottish actress
* Rose Leveson-Gower (1890–1967), British aristocrat
* Rose Marie (1923–2017), American actress
* Rose McGowan (born 1973), American actress
* Rose McIver (born 1988), New Zealand actress
* Rose Montoya (born 1995), American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
* Rose Mooney-Slater (1902–1981), American physicist
* Rose Mortem, American musician and fashion designer
* Rose Mwonya (born 1941), Kenyan academic
* Rose Nabinger (born 1958), German singer-songwriter
* Rose Napoli, Canadian playwright and actor
* Roseline Osipitan, Nigerian businesswoman and Yoruban princess
* Rose Pacatte, American film critic and Catholic nun
* Roseanne Park, stage name Rosé, New Zealand-born K-pop singer of Blackpink
* Rose Pere (1937–2020), Māori New Zealand educationalist and spiritual leader
* Kathleen Rose Perkins (born 1974), American actress
* Rose Perussi, Brazilian contemporary visual artist and writer
* Rose Porteous (born 1948), Filipino-born Australian socialite
* Rose Rollins (born 1981), American actress
* Rose Schneiderman (1882–1972), Polish-born American labor organizer and socialist
* Rosalie Selfridge, known as Rose Selfridge (1860–1918), property developer
* Rose Stone (born 1945), African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone
* Rose Venkatesan, Indian transgender talk show host
* Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), American journalist and political theorist, daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder
* Rose Zhao, Chinese saint
* Rose Zhang (born 2003), American golfer
* Pernille Rose Grønkjær (born 1973), Danish director
* Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 1986), Australian model, actress, disc jockey, and television presenter
* Darcy Rose Byrnes (born 1998), American actress
* Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress
* Moriah Rose Pereira, American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber known as Poppy
* Amber Rose Revah (born 1968), American actress
* Marion Rose Wiesel (1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator

## Fictional characters

* Rose (Keeping Up Appearances)
* Rose (Two and a Half Men)
* Rose (Titans character)
* Rose (Marvel Comics), a persona used by several characters in Marvel Comics
** The Rose (comics) or Richard Fisk, a character in Marvel Comics
* Rose, from the Japanese anime Dragon Crisis!
* Rose, Thorn's sister, from the Australian cartoon, Kitty Is Not A Cat
* Rose, one of the main characters in the role-playing video game Legend of Dragoon
* Chairman Rose, from the game Pokémon Sword and Shield
* Laterose, known as simply Rose, a fictional character from the fantasy novel Martin the Warrior of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
* Rose/Huntsgirl, a supporting character and Jake Long's main romantic interest, sweetheart, and official girlfriend in American Dragon: Jake Long
* Rose (Street Fighter), from the Street Fighter video game series
* Rose DeWitt Bukater, one of two main characters from the 1997 film Titanic
* Rose Cameron, a recurring character in the Netflix series Outer Banks
* Rose Canton of Rose and Thorn, a Golden Age DC Comics villainess
* Rose Da Silva, from the 2006 film Silent Hill
* Rose Granger-Weasley, daughter of Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter books
* Rose Gumbo, title character in comic strip Rose Is Rose
* Rose Hathaway, the main character of the Vampire Academy series
* Rose Henderson (Rose Nadler), from the ABC TV show Lost
* Rose Jordan King, one of the three main characters from the 2014 movie The Song
* Rose Kaminski, a character from the 1998 American comedy movie My Giant
* Rose Lalonde, from the webcomic Homestuck
* Rose Lavillant, from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
* Rose Nadler, fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television series Lost
* Rose Nylund, from the TV series The Golden Girls
* Rose O'Reilly, a character played by Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 American crime comedy movie We're the Millers
* Rose Ortiz, the pink Ranger from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
* Rose Quartz, from the animated series Steven Universe
* Sergeant Rose Ravani, from the animated series Fireman Sam
* Rose Sargent, from the musical Rose of Washington Square
* Rose Taylor, a character from the TV show 7th Heaven
* Rosé Thomas, in the Japanese anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
* Rose Tico, from Star Wars: The Last Jedi
* Rose Tyler, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who
* Rose Walker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Rose Walker, from the Sandman comics series
* Rose Who, a character in the 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas
* Rose Wilson, daughter of Deathstroke (Slade) in the DC Comics universe
* Rose Zsigmond, a character in the 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movie My Girl 2