Entry № 8783 · Irish origin

Roisin Roisin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROH-sheen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Little rose"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "little rose".

Roisin (Róisín in Irish) is the diminutive of Irish rós, meaning "rose" — so the name means "little rose." Róisín Dubh ("Dark Rosaleen" or "Little Black Rose") is a 16th-century Irish poetic personification of Ireland itself, used in political poetry during times of English rule.

Roisin is among the most popular Irish girl's names. Outside Ireland the unusual spelling (Roisin → ROH-sheen, with silent letters following Irish convention) has limited adoption, but the name is rising.

Little rose. Ireland herself, as a name.

The name in its native script.

Róisín
Transliteration
Róisín
Pronunciation
/ ˈroʊ.ʃiːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Roisin stands.

Roisin 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.

Roisins before her.

Real people
Roisin Murphy
Irish singer.
born 1973
Roisin Conaty
British comedian.
born 1979
In fiction
Róisín Dubh
Personification of Ireland in 16th-century Irish poetry.
Medieval Irish poetry

Names connected to Roisin.

The number behind Roisin.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Roisin reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.