Roisin
Roisin is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Little rose.
What Roisin means
Little rose.
Roisin sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Roisin comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Roisin is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Roisin?
Roisin is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Roisin 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 Roisin
We group Roisin under flowers and growing things and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Roisin
These share Roisin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Blathnaid — Little flower; blossom.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Rosemary — Dew of the sea; the herb of remembrance.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Alani — Orange tree.