Rose

One flower, named again and again across unrelated languages.

159 names · 46 traditions

The same root, across a whole language family

These are attested shared morphemes — not coincidences of spelling. Where we are not confident a root is shared, we say nothing and simply list the names.

rosa

rose (Latin)

Latin, Italian, Spanish, English, German

Rosa, Rosabel, Rosabella, Rosabelle, Rosalba, Rosalee, Rosalia, Rosalie

gol-

flower/rose (Persian)

Persian, Urdu, Kurdish

Goli, Golrokh, Gulan, Gulistan, Gulshan

Every tradition, side by side

Turkish 20

Elifgul Gonca Goncagul Gul Gulay Gulben Gulce Gulendam Gulizar Gulnihal Gulperi Gulsah Gulsen Gulseren Gulsu Iremgul Ozgul Sengul Sevgul Zeynepgul

English 12

Briar Darlene Emberrose Emilyrose Emmarose Lilyrose Maerose Primrose Roseanne Rosemae Rosie Sunday

Latin 12

Rosa Rosabel Rosabelle Rosalee Rosalia Rosalina Rosaline Rosalyn Rosalynn Roseanna Rosemarie Rosita

Italian 11

Bellarosa Rosabella Rosalba Rosangela Rosanna Rosaria Rosetta Rosina Rosmunda Rosolina Rossella

Armenian 10

Alvard Sirvard Vardanush Vardine Varduhi Vardui Varsenik Vart Vartuhi Vergush

Greek 9

Alexis Rhoda Rodanthi Rodi Rodoclia Rodothea Rodoula Triantafyllia Triantafyllitsa

Other 9

Golbahar Golshan Gulnaz Mawarni Nesrin Rosaura Rositsa Roza Ruzha

French 8

Eglantina Eglantine Rosalie Rosalinde Roseline Rosemonde Rosette Rosine

Arabic 7

Aljori Jori Jouri Jury Juwayriyah Nasreen Warda

Persian 5

Goli Golrokh Nasrin Nastaran Suri

Yiddish 4

Raizel Rayzl Reyzl Royze

Hebrew 4

Shoshana Susanna Varda Vered

Kurdish 3

Gulan Gulistan Shilan

Germanic 3

Rosalind Rosamund Rosinda

Icelandic 2

Thai 2

Welsh 2

Slavic 2

Ukrainian 2

Hawaiian 2

Irish 2

Spanish 2

Hungarian 2

Mongolian 2

Pashto 1

Uzbek 1

Urdu 1

Tongan 1

Indonesian 1

Nogai 1

Azerbaijani 1

Japanese 1

Russian 1

Tamil 1

Finnish 1

Dutch 1

Portuguese 1

German 1

Catalan 1

Polish 1

Breton 1

Maltese 1

Georgian 1

Czech 1

Malay 1

Chinese 1

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