Names That Mean Rose

Popular in Azerbaijan, this name comes the Persian Nazrin and shares its nature-inspired meaning. 

Nəzri̇n

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.

Primula

This sweet and simple name has origins in both Yiddish and Slavic, each with an equally appealing meaning.

Rada

Raysel

An authentic choice for your little Irish Rose, chosen by singer Sinead O'Connor for her daughter. 

Róisín

Another of the Rose-plus names, now far out of fashion. 

Rosellen

Related to the Arabic Warda, Vered is a strong sounding nature name with a sweet floral meaing.

Vered

A felicitous combo of two sweet names; also a Queens, New York neighborhood.

Bellerose

Nasrin has a strong sound and lovely floral meaning. International variants include the Turkish Nesrin and Egyptian Nesreen.

Nasrin

If you're looking for an unusual alternative to all those Rose names, Rhoswen might be a good choice. This name has the soft sounds we've come to love from the Welsh language but is still not as familiar as Bronwen and Rhiannon.

Rhoswen

Mawar is another of the "rose" variants that is almost unheard of outside its home country (in this case, Indonesia), but which deserves consideration given its lilting sound. 

Mawar

A relative of the very popular (in Ireland) name Róisín ("little rose"), Róise comes from the Gaelic word for "rose". It’s one of the very old <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/804/irish-names-for-girls">Irish names for girls</a>, in use at least since the early 16th century. A cognate is Róis.

Roise

A French surname turned Spanish masculine given name, Rosamel likely derives from the combination of rose + Greek mel "honey". 
As a surname, it was borne by a 19th century French naval officer with the wonderful name of Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel. As a first name, a famous bearer is the 20th century Chilean poet and activist Rosamel del Valle.

Rosamel

A French surname turned Spanish masculine given name, Rosamel likely derives from the combination of rose + Greek mel "honey". 
As a surname, it was borne by a 19th century French naval officer with the wonderful name of Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel. As a first name, a famous bearer is the 20th century Chilean poet and activist Rosamel del Valle.
 Despite these notable male bearers, Rosamel could easily work on a girl, too.

A rare and beautiful member of the "Rose" family of names, Rosenwyn is a modern Cornish compound name meaning "white rose" or "fair rose". There is a popular Cornish folk song titled An Rosen Wyn, which may have inspired its use as a name.

Rosenwyn

Rosylea

An attractive, eye-catching international form of Rose, with a little more bite than the English version. Relatively popular in its native region of Brittany but virtually unknown elsewhere, it could make a great alternative to more commonplace floral names. Rozenn peaked in France in 1976 at #231. 

Rozenn

The odds that Bryluen will become a success in the US are low, but that might be all the more reason to snag it for yourself. It's a Cornish word meaning "rose," and has only been used as a name in modern times.

Bryluen

Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman invented this name for their son Jonathan's middle. It's a combination of Anne's paternal grandfather's name, Roseline, and Adam's mother's maiden name Banks.

Rosebanks

A nickname-name made famous by the uni-named Spanish singer Charo, whose full name was María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Gutiérrez de los Perales Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Hinojosa Rasten.

Charo

Names that mean rose are sweet and fragrant. Among 

, names related to roses are some of the most classic and include vintage choices such as Rosalie, Rhoda, and Rosalind. However, the most common rose name is Rose itself.

girl names that mean rose in the US Top 1000

 include Rosalie, Rosie, Rosa, Roselyn, and Rosalia. 

 are rarer, but exist. None rank in the Top 1000, but Rhodes, Raushan, and Rosen.

Fashionable names with hidden rosy meaning

s include Briallen, Laksha, Nasrin, and Zaria.

Names meaning rose may be used to honor an ancestral Rose, a flower lover, or a loved one born in June, for which rose is the birth flower.

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but that said, you can't beat names that mean rose. Here, our full bouquet, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Names that mean rose include names like Rosalie and Rosalind, along with less obvious choices like Briallen and Zaria. (Page 6)