Rose

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Germanic.

Noun

• A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
• The winner of that year's contest.

Origin

• From a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod and *heid, ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz.
• Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. Later conflated with the vernacular word "rose", and associated with the flower names that first became popular in the end of the 19th century. Also a nickname for names beginning with Rose-/Rosa-.
• The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion.