Entry № 8871 · English origin

Rosie Rosie — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROH-zee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Rose"
Syllables
2
First recorded
19th c.

A name that means "rose".

Rosie is the English diminutive of Rose — from the Latin rosa, the flower. The pet form has been used since the 19th century.

The British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a contemporary bearer. Today Rosie sits in the U.S. top 500 and is rising fast.

Rose — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Rosie
Transliteration
Rosie
Pronunciation
/ ˈroʊ.zi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rosie stands.

Rosie 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.

Rosies before her.

Real people
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
British model.
born 1987
Rosie Perez
American actress.
born 1964
In fiction
Rosie the Riveter
WWII American cultural icon.
1943 poster

Names connected to Rosie.

The number behind Rosie.

3

The Communicator

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