Roos is a surname with multiple origins. In Dutch, Low German and Swiss German “Roos” means “Rose” and the surname is often of toponymic origin (e.g. someone lived in a house named “the rose”) In 2007, 8600 people were named Roos and another 2880 “de Roos” in the Netherlands. In the UK, Roos may be of patronymic origin (“Andrews”) or indicating red hair (Old English “Rouse”). The name is also relatively common in Sweden (5,902 people in 2010) and Finland (1219 in 2012)
People with the name "Roos" or "de Roos" include:
ArtsAmy Mothersbaugh Roos (b. 1962), American artist and galleristCajetan Roos (1690-1770), Italian landscape painter, son of Philipp PeterCamilla Overbye Roos (b. 1969), Danish film actressDon Roos (born 1959), American screenwriter and film directorEnn Roos (1908-1990), Estonian Soviet sculptorEva Roos (1872-1956), British children's books illustratorFred Roos (born 1934), American film producerGraham Roos (b. 1966), British producer, writer and performerJaime Roos (b. 1953), Uruguayan musicianJan Roos (c.1591-1638), Flemish painter who worked in Italy as Giovanni RosaJoanna Roos (1901-1989), American actress and playwrightJohann Heinrich Roos (1631-1685), German painter, father of Philipp Peter and Johann MelchiorJohann Melchior Roos (1663-1731), German painter, son of Johann HeinrichJoseph Roos (1726-1805), Austrian painter, son of CajetanKelly Roos, pseudonym of William Roos (1911-1987) and Audrey Kelley (1912-1982), American crime fiction writersKjell Roos (b. 1965), Swedish guitarist and singerMartin Roos (b. 1972), Swedish guitarist and manager of KentMary Roos (b. 1949), German singer and actorNoella Roos (b. 1969), Dutch painterPhilipp Peter Roos (1655-1706), German painter, son of Johann HeinrichS.H. de Roos (1877-1962), Dutch type and book cover designer and artistStefan Roos (b. 1970), Swedish actor and screen writerTheodor Roos (1638-1698), German painter, brother of Johann HeinrichToon Roos (b. 1964), Dutch jazz saxophonist and composerWilliam Roos (1808-1878), Welsh painter and engraverSportsAat de Roos (1919-1992), Dutch field hockey playerAnn-Sofi Roos (b. 1959), Swedish Olympic swimmerAxel Roos (b. 1964), German football player and coachBertil Roos (1943-2016), Formula One driver from SwedenDavid Roos (b. 1982), South African paralympian athleteElisandro Naressi Roos (b. 1976), a.k.a. Santiago, Brazilian footballerJC Roos (b. 1990), South African rugby playerJake Roos (b. 1980), South African golferMichael Roos (b. 1982), Estonian-born American football playerMichael Roos (b. 1991), Swiss ice hockey playerNancy Roos (1905–1957), American chess championPaul Roos (1880–1948), South African rugby player, first Springbok captainPaul Roos (b. 1963), Australian rules football player and coachSuzy Powell-Roos (b. 1976), American discus throwerMilitaryAxel Erik Roos (1684-1765), Swedish generalCarl Gustaf Roos (1655-1702), Swedish generalGeorge Roos-Keppel (1866-1921), British military officerMargareta Elisabeth Roos (1696–1772), Swedish-Estonian cross-dressing female in the Swedish armyPoliticsJohn Roos (b. 1955), American diplomat, former Ambassador to JapanKarl Roos (1878-1940), Alsace politicianLawrence K. Roos (1918-2005), American (Missouri) banker and politicianMike Roos (b. 1946), American (Californian) politicianThea de Roos (born 1949), Dutch historian and politicianTielman Roos (1879-1935), South African politicianOtherBarney Roos (1888-1960), American automotive engineerFolkert de Roos (1920-2000), Dutch economistJ P Roos (b. 1945), Finnish sociologistJan Roos (b. 1977), Dutch columnistJohan Roos (born 1961), Swedish organizational theoristJorgen Roos (1922-1998), Danish documentary filmmakerMagnus Friedrich Roos (1727-1803), German theologianMartin Roos (b. 1942), Romanian Roman Catholic bishopRobert de Roos (c.1170-1227), ancestor of the Barons Ros of HelmsleyRosalie Roos (1823-1898), Swedish feminist activist and writerVictor Roos (1888-1964), American founder of several aircraft companies, including Cessna