Primrose
Primrose is a girl name of English origin, meaning First rose; first flower of spring.
What Primrose means
First rose; first flower of spring.
Primrose sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Primrose comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Primrose is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Primrose?
Primrose is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Primrose is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Primrose
Two ideas meet in Primrose: flowers and growing things and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Primrose
These share Primrose's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Petunia — The trumpet-shaped flower.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Bryony — To sprout; a climbing vine.
- Hadley — Field of heather.
- Heather — The flowering heath shrub.
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.
- Wisteria — The cascading purple vine.
- Briar — A wild, thorny rose bush.
More English names
- Preston — Priest's town.
- Promise — A solemn vow.
- Presley — Priest's meadow.
- Rain — Falling water; a blessing.
- Posy — A small bunch of flowers.
- Raven — The wise black bird.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Pierce — Rock; stone.
- Reginald — Counsel power; a wise ruler.