Rose

Meaning

Rose is the English name of the flower, ultimately from Latin *rosa*. In name books, it is treated as a straightforward flower-name and is sometimes glossed simply as “rose.” It has long been used as a given name because of the flower’s strong symbolic associations with beauty and love.

Origin

Fun fact

The excerpts also show related flower-name usage in older Christian-name lists, including names glossed as “a rose” or “a white rose.”