Rosebud

Rosebud, a charming flower name, was the childhood nickname used for author Nathaniel Hawthorne's daughter Rose, who made a name for herself by founding the modern hospice movement. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop converted to Catholicism and, after her husband's death, founded a religious order called the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. As a nun and head of that order, she became known as Mother Mary Alphonsa and is now in line for sainthood in the Catholic Church.

On a lighter note, comedian Rosebud Baker, who created The Mother Lode
, cobbled her distinctive name together from her given name Rosemary and her childhood nickname Bud.

Pronounced ROZE-bud.

As of October 2026, Rosebud ranked #9443 in US births in 1973 SSA, peaked at #1159 in 1904.