ROSS  

Gender: M
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: "upland, peninsula"

Popularity in 2008: #845

Like Friends, off the air and into syndication.

Nicknames & Variations:
Rosse, Rossie, Rossi, Rossell, Rossy

Ross is being discussed in our message boards:

• What are your favourite Scottish boy's names?
• why is it so hard!?!?!
• Cool Short forms
• Looking for Fresh Ideas!
• Literary names for Boys and Girls - Shakespeare + E.A. Poe?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Ross:

• TOP NAMES IN SCOTLAND: Jack and Sophie rule on
• GUERNSEY NAMES:Interesting Combos from the Channel Islands
• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• SCOTTISH SURNAMES: Beyond Campbell and Cameron
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEROINE NAMES