By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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English from Persian
"rose water"
Move over Brandy and Sherry, Julep is an alcohol-inspired name that certainly feels unique today, despite sharing similar sounds to popular Juliet and Juliana.
German
"bright rose"
This fairytale-esque compound name is a contraction of Rose and Lore or Eleonore. A famous bearer is the retired gymnast Roselore Sonntag.
Mongolian
"rose"
Reminiscent of Sarai, with a beautiful floral meaning.
Danish
"rose + lily or little rose"
Roselil is a sweet Danish name made famous by the song Roselil og hendes moder (Roselil and Her Mother) and the eponymous collection of children's fables written by author Josefine Ottesen. It is…
"little rose"
A pretty Danish compound name derived from the words for "rose" and "little". A slightly frillier counterpart to Roselil.
Hungarian variation of Rosina
Japanese
"rose child"
A sweet option to honor an ancestral Rose
English nature name
"tea rose"
A Hybrid Tea Rose is a popular garden rose, developed to produce a single flower per stem. Tearose is a rare but whimsical compound that could perhaps be used as a middle for the daughter of a…
Spanish and Italian
"beautiful rose"
Not a traditional name, but this Romance phrase rolls off the tongue so easily we're surprised no one used it sooner — it first appeared on the US charts in 2020. Its mirror-image name, Rosabella, is…
English
"wild rose"
A dramatic botanical smoosh name that's starting to gain attention among adventurous baby namers. If Primrose feels a little... well, prim for you, Wildrose could be a daring alternative.
Turkish
"living rose"
Ayşegül is a Turkish compound of the name Ayşe — derived from the Arabic Aisha, meaning "living" — and gül , the Persian word for "rose."
Polish
Hungarian
The Hungarian word for the flower.
Greek
The original Greek spelling of Rhoda, derived from the name of the goddess Rhodos. Variation Rhodé frequently comes and goes from the Netherlands' Top 500. This is pronounced like RO-dee, rather than…
Turkish from Persian
Gülce is derived from the Turkish word for "rose," gül .
Icelandic
"rose army"
An Icelandic combo name which would be a nice nod to an ancestral Rose.
Latin
"first rose"
Primula is related to Primrose, the name and the flower, and would make a quirky yet charming (or is it charming yet quirky?) botanical name for a first daughter.
Yiddish; Slavic
"rose; happy, willing"
This sweet and simple name has origins in both Yiddish and Slavic, each with an equally appealing meaning.
Yiddish
See RAIZEL.
Irish Gaelic, diminutive of RÓIs
An authentic choice for your little Irish Rose, chosen by singer Sinead O'Connor for her daughter.
