Rose is a given female name. It is a late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Nicknames are Rosa, Rosalie, Rosina, Rosaria, Rosie. Similar names are Rosanna, Roseanne, Rosamunde.
Rose was originally a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod ("fame") and Heid ("kind", "type"). It was originally spelled (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese. It fell out of use during the Middle Ages but was revived during the 19th Century while still regarded as being a flower name. The name of the flower has the etymology of Old English rōse from the Latin rosa; phonetically linked to the Greek rhódon, which is independent of the etymology of the surname Rose. Distinctions can sometimes be made between individuals who derive this given name after the surname and those who are named after the flower.
Rhoda, as in Acts 12:12-15, is the Greek equivalent. Rosalia was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint. St. Rose of Lima was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized.
Czech: 13 March
Slovak: 4 September
Italian: 4 September
Polish: 4 September, 7 February, 27 January
Hungarian: 4 September, 23 August, 30 August
Czech: Rosalie, Rosarie, Růžena
Slovak: Rozália, Remmie, Ružena
French: Rose, Rosalie
Danish: Rosalie
Dutch: Rosalie, Roos
Greek: Rhodē ˁΡόδη
Italian: Rosalia, Rosaria, Rusalia
Portugal: Rosa, Rosalia, Rosaria, Rosinha
Spanish: Rosalía
Galician: Rosalía
Serbian/Croatian: Ruža, Ružica, Rozalija
Polish: Rozalia, Róża
Hungarian: Rozália
Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint
Mary Tudor, Queen of France, sister of King Henry VIII of England, was known as "Mary Rose"
Rose (singer), French singer songwriter
Rose Byrne, Australian actress, best known for her role on the American television series Damages
Rose Chen Aijie, Chinese saint
Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American saint
Rose Dugdale, English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Rose Fan Hui, Chinese saint
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of American president John F. Kennedy and his brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy
Rose Gaffney, environmental activist
Lady Rose Gilman, member of the British Royal Family
Rose Hart, a Ghanaian track and field athlete
Rose Hill, British actress
Rose Hobart, American actress
Rose Kim (given name also spelled "Rosa" or "Nosa"), Korean saint
Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter
Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
Rose Leveson-Gower, British aristocrat
Rose Marie, an American actress
Rose McGowan, American actress
Rose McIver, New Zealander actress
Rose Mortem, American musician and fashion designer
Rose Nabinger, German singer-songwriter
Rose Porteous, Filipino-born Australian socialite
Rose Rollins, American actress
Rose Schneiderman, Polish born American labor organizer and socialist
Rose Stone, African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone
Rose Venkatesan, Indian transgender talk show host
Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and political theorist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rose Zhao, Chinese saint
Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress
Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Danish director
Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress
Kathleen Rose Perkins, American actress
Amber Rose Revah, American actress
Laterose, known as simply Rose, a fictional character from Redwall
Amy Rose, a character in the sega franchise that calls herself Sonic the Hedgehog's girlfriend
Rose/Huntsgirl, a supporting character and Jake Long's main romantic interest, sweetheart, and official girlfriend in American Dragon: Jake Long
Rose (Street Fighter), a character from the Street Fighter video game series
Rose Canton of Rose and Thorn, a Golden Age DC Comics villainess
Rose DeWitt Bukater, one of two main characters in the 1997 film Titanic
Rose Henderson, a character from ABC TV show Lost
Rose Lalonde, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
Rose Nylund, a character in the TV series The Golden Girls
Rose Ortiz, the pink ranger from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
Rose Taylor, a character from the TV show 7th Heaven
Rosé Thomas, a character in the Japanese anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
Rose Tyler, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who
Rose Walker, a character in the Sandman comics series
Rose Wilson, daughter of Deathstroke (Slade) in the DC Comics universe
Rose Da Silva, a character from the 2006 film Silent Hill
Rose, a character in the Japanese anime Dragon Crisis!
Rose Granger-Weasley, daughter of Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter books
Rose Sargent, from the musical Rose of Washington Square
Rose Hathaway, the main character of the Vampire Academy series
Rose Quartz, a character from the animated series Steven Universe
Rose, a character from Keeping Up Appearances
