Entry № 8314 · English origin

Primrose Primrose — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRIM-rohz /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"First rose (iconic Hunger Games Primrose Everdeen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "first rose (iconic hunger games primrose everdeen)".

Primrose is from the Middle English primerose (first rose) — from Latin prima rosa (first rose). Princess Primrose — English vintage heritage naming.

and The Hunger Games.

First rose (English).

The name in its native script.

Primrose
Transliteration
Primrose
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɪm.roʊz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Primrose stands.

Primrose does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Primroses before her.

Real people

In fiction
Primrose Everdeen
Iconic Hunger Games character.
2008

Names connected to Primrose.

The number behind Primrose.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Primrose reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.