Rose
Rose is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #24 in popularity, meaning The rose flower.
What Rose means
The rose flower.
Rose is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Rose comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Rose is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Rose?
Rose is ranked #24, firmly inside the top twenty-five. It is familiar without being unavoidable: widely known, easy to spell, and still not on every register.
The character of Rose
We group Rose under flowers and growing things, the natural world and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Themes: Flower, Nature, Classic
Names like Rose
These share Rose's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Rosa — Rose.
- Rosemary — Dew of the sea; the herb of remembrance.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Camellia — The camellia flower.
- Flora — Flower; goddess of spring.
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.