Rose (name)
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Rose is a given name
and surname
. The surname Rose can be of English, Scottish, French, and German origin.
Rose is a popular given name, it originally was a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod (Bright/Flame) and Heid (Kind). It was originally spelt (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese. It fell out of use during the Middle Ages but was revived during the 19th Century although regarded as being a flower name
. Because of the shift in meaning it is now regarded as a girl's name. The name Ruskin (Rose + Kin) is derived from Rose.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. The surname Rose can be of English, Scottish, French, and German origin.
Rose is a popular given name, it originally was a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod (Bright/Flame) and Heid (Kind). It was originally spelt (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese. It fell out of use during the Middle Ages but was revived during the 19th Century although regarded as being a flower name
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
. Because of the shift in meaning it is now regarded as a girl's name. The name Ruskin (Rose + Kin) is derived from Rose.
People
Rose Pandey - future bollywood actress- Mary Tudor, Queen of France, sister of King Henry VIII of England, was known as "Mary Rose"
- Rose ByrneRose ByrneMary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...
, an Australian actress, best known for her role on the American television series Damages - Rose DugdaleRose DugdaleBridget Rose Dugdale , better known as Rose Dugdale, is a former debutante who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing, becoming a volunteer in the militant Irish republican organisation, the Provisional Irish Republican Army...
, English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army - Rose Fitzgerald KennedyRose Fitzgerald KennedyRose Elizabeth Kennedy was the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and the mother of nine children, among them United States President John F. Kennedy, United States Senator Robert F...
, the mother of American president John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
and his brothers, Robert F. KennedyRobert F. KennedyRobert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
and Senator Ted Kennedy - Rose HartRose HartRose Hart is a retired female track and field athlete from Ghana. She specialised in the hurdling, the sprints and the discus throw events during his career....
, a Ghanaian track and field athlete - Rose LaurensRose LaurensRose Laurens is a French singer-songwriter, particularly famous for her 1982 smash single "Africa", number three hit in many European countries...
, a French singer-songwriter - Rose McGowanRose McGowanRose Arianna McGowan is an actress and singer. She is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. She played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series Elvis...
, an American actress - Rose MortemRose MortemRose Mortem is the fashion label of American fashion designer Rose Mortem, most widely known for her dark romantic fashion stylings, and her involvement with underground music as a promoter, musician and disc jockey....
, American musician and fashion designer - Rose NabingerRose NabingerRose Nabinger is a German jazz singer.Rose Nabinger was born in 1958 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
, a German singer-songwriter - Rose PorteousRose PorteousRose Porteous , a Filipino-born Australian, is best known for her marriage to Lang Hancock, a West Australian iron ore mining magnate, and the protracted legal battle with her step-daughter, Gina Rinehart, over the circumstances that lead to the death of Hancock, and the distribution of his estate...
, a Filipino-born Australian socialite - Rose SchneidermanRose SchneidermanRose Schneiderman was a prominent United States labor union leader, socialist, and feminist of the first part of the twentieth century...
, a Polish born American labor organizer and socialist - Rose StoneRose StoneRose Stone is an African-American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly & the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone...
, an African-American singer and keyboardist for Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneSly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music... - Rose (TV personality), an Indian transgender talk show host
- Rose Wilder LaneRose Wilder LaneRose Wilder Lane was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist...
, an American journalist and political theorist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls WilderLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
Fiction
- Broadway Danny RoseBroadway Danny RoseBroadway Danny Rose is a 1984 American black-and-white comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :...
- Amy RoseAmy Rose, known earlier as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in most of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team, debuting in Sonic CD as the third recurring protagonist. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino and based on one of Kenji Terada's...
, a character in the sega franchise that calls herself Sonic the Hedgehog's girlfriend - Rose (American Dragon: Jake Long), a fictional anti-hero in American Dragon: Jake Long
- Rose (Street Fighter), a character from the Street Fighter video game series
- Rose Canton of Rose and ThornRose and ThornRose and Thorn are the two personalities of a Golden Age character in DC Comics.Thorn is a woman with a split personality whose villainous personality has the ability to control plants. Initially, she and her hired thugs opposed The Flash...
, a Golden Age DC Comics villainess - Rose DeWitt Bukater, one of two main characters in the 1997 film Titanic
- Rose Henderson, a character from ABC TV show Lost
- Rose Lalonde, a character from the webcomic Homestuck
- Rose NylundRose NylundRose Nylund was born May 1930 in St. Olaf, Minnesota. She is a fictional character featured on the popular 1980s situation comedy The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace. She was portrayed by Betty White for 8 years and 208 episodes.Rose was comically portrayed as naïve and simple,...
, a character in the TV series The Golden Girls - Rose Ortiz, the pink ranger from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
- Rose Taylor, a character from the TV show 7th Heaven
- Rosé Thomas, a character in the Japanese anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
- Rose TylerRose TylerRose Marion Tyler is a fictional character portrayed by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was created by series producer Russell T Davies...
, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who - Rose WalkerRose WalkerRose Walker is a fictional character from the Sandman series written by Neil Gaiman. She makes her first appearance in issue #10, part one of The Doll's House story arc. She is a beautiful young girl, a blonde with red- and purple-dyed streaks in her hair...
, a character in the Sandman comics series - Rose WilsonRose WilsonRose Wilson is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is a member of the Teen Titans and the illegitimate daughter of Deathstroke the Terminator.-Fictional character biography:...
, daughter of Deathstroke (Slade) in the DC Comics universe - Rose Da Silva, one of the main characters in the 2006 film Silent Hill
- Rose (Dragon Crisis!), a charakter in the Japanese anime Dragon Crisis!Dragon Crisis!is a Japanese light novel series by Kaya Kizaki, with illustrations by Itsuki Akata. As of April 2011, thirteen volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired in 2011.-Plot:...
- Rose Weasley, daughter of Ronald Weasley and Hermione GrangerHermione GrangerHermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
in the Harry Potter books.
People sharing the surname Rose
- Alec RoseAlec RoseSir Alec Rose was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England who had a passion for amateur single-handed sailing, for which he was ultimately knighted....
, a nursery owner, fruit merchant, and amateur single-handed sailer - Alfred RoséAlfred RoséAlfred Edward Rosé was an Austrian composer and conductor.He was the elder brother of Alma Rosé, son of Arnold Rosé, and the nephew of Gustav Mahler.-See also:*Arnold Rosé*Eduard Rosé...
, Austrian pianist, conductor - Alma RoséAlma RoséAlma Rosé was an Austrian violinist of Jewish descent. Her uncle was the composer Gustav Mahler. Alma Rosé was deported by the Nazis to the infamous concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. There she directed an orchestra of terrified prisoners who played to their captors in order that they...
, a Romania-born Austrian violinist, daughter of Arnold Rosé - Anthony RoseAnthony RoseAnthony Rose is a British wine journalist known for his column in The Independent. He also contributes to publications such as Wine & Spirit, Decanter and The World of Fine Wine...
, British wine writer - Arnold RoséArnold RoséArnold Josef Rosé was a Romanian-born Austrian Jewish violinist. He was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for over half a century. He worked closely with Brahms. Gustav Mahler was his brother-in-law...
, a Romanian violinist, father of Alma Rosé - Ava RoseAva RoseAva Rose is an American pornographic actress who entered the industry in 2006 at the age of 20. She is the older sister of Mia Rose.-Biography:...
, pornographic actress, older sister of Mia Rose - Axl RoseAxl RoseW. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...
, an American hard rock singer and songwriter - Barbara RoseBarbara RoseBarbara Rose is an American art historian and art critic. She was educated at Smith College, Barnard College and Columbia University. She was married to artist Frank Stella between 1961 and 1969...
, an American art historian and critic - Bernard RoseBernard RoseBernard Rose may refer to:*Bernard Rose , South African long-distance runner*Bernard Rose , British film director*Bernard Rose , British organist and composer...
(disambiguation page) - Billy RoseBilly RoseWilliam "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"...
was a Jewish-American theatrical showman - Clan RoseClan RoseClan Rose is a Highland Scottish clan. Their chief's motto is "Constant and True" and their chief'sfamily castle is Kilravock Castle, built in 1460...
, a Scottish clan hailing from the highlands of Scotland - Chanta RoseChanta RoseChanta Rose is an Australian-born glamour model, presently living in USA.-Early career:Rose began stripping in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia at "The Men's Gallery" and "Santa Fe Gold" while studying economics at Monash University. She discontinued her university study, and embarked on a world tour...
, a bondage model - Charlie RoseCharlie RoseCharles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
, an American television interviewer and journalist - Charlie Rose (congressman)Charlie Rose (congressman)Charles Grandison "Charlie" Rose III is a former Democratic United States Congressman from North Carolina who served from 1973 to 1997....
, an American congressman - Chris RoseChris RoseChristopher Rose is an American sportscaster.-Early life and career:Rose attended University School in Hunting Valley during high school. Rose attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and graduated in 1993...
, an American sports analyst and host of the Best Damn Sports Show Period. - Danny Rose, an English football player
- David RoseDavid RoseDavid Rose was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody"...
, composer and orchestra leader - Derrick RoseDerrick RoseDerrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ....
, American basketball player - Donita RoseDonita RoseDonita Rose-Villarama, , also known as Donita Rose, Donita, is a Filipina actress, TV Host and former MTV Asia VJ.-Biography:...
, Filipina actress, TV host - Erica RoseErica RoseErica Rose is an American long-distance swimmer and former World Champion, a feat she achieved at age 15.-References:* -- official website....
, an American long-distance swimmer - Felipe RoseFelipe RoseFelipe Ortiz Rose is a founding member of the disco group the Village People, in which he is the Native American. His mother is a Puerto Rican and his father is a Native American .-Early years:...
, a founding member of the rock group The Village People - George RoseGeorge RoseThe Right Honourable George Rose was a British politician.Born at Woodside near Brechin, Scotland, Rose was the son of the Reverend David Rose of Lethnot, by Margaret, daughter of Donald Rose of Wester Clune...
, a British politician - George Rose (rugby league), British rugby league footballer
- Gustav RoseGustav RoseGustav Rose was a German mineralogist who was a native of Berlin. He was a brother of mineralogist Heinrich Rose , the son of pharmacologist Valentin Rose , and the father of noted surgeon Edmund Rose and the classicist Valentin Rose.He was a graduate of the University of Berlin, where he was a...
(1798–1873) - Heinrich RoseHeinrich RoseHeinrich Rose was a German mineralogist and analytical chemist. He was the brother of the mineralogist Gustav Rose and a son of Valentin Rose....
(1795–1864) - Hugh Rose, 1st Baron StrathnairnHugh Rose, 1st Baron StrathnairnField Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn GCB, GCSI, PC was a British Army field-marshal.-Early life:...
- Hugh James RoseHugh James RoseHugh James Rose was an English churchman and theologian who served as the second Principal of King's College London....
, an English churchman and theologian - Jacques Rose, a member of the Chenier cell of the terrorist group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)
- Jalen RoseJalen RoseJalen Anthony Rose is a retired American professional basketball player, who currently works as a sports analyst for the sports television network ESPN...
, an American professional basketball player - John RoseJohn RoseJohn Rose may refer to:* Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet , Canadian lawyer, politician and public servant* John Carter Rose , U.S...
, a rugby union referee - John Holland RoseJohn Holland RoseJohn Holland Rose was an influential English historian who wrote a famous biography of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and also wrote a history of Europe, entitled The Development of the European Nations. Rose was the basis for C. P. Snow's fictional character M. H. L...
, an English historian - Justin RoseJustin RoseJustin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...
, an English professional golfer - Kevin RoseKevin RoseKevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk...
, founder of Digg and cohost of Diggnation - Leonard RoseLeonard RoseLeonard Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.Rose was born in Washington, D.C., his parents were immigrants from Kiev, Ukraine...
, an American cellist - M. Richard RoseM. Richard RoseM. Richard Rose was the tenth president of Alfred University from 1974–1978 and the seventh president of the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1979–1992....
, former President of the Rochester Institute of Technology - Mauri RoseMauri RoseMauri Rose was an American racecar driver.He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place....
, a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 - Maurice RoseMaurice RoseGeneral Maurice Rose was a United States Army general during World War II and World War I veteran. The son and grandson of rabbis, General Rose was at the time the highest ranking Jew in the U.S. Army...
, a United States Army Major General during World War II - Mia Rose, pornographic actress
- Murray RoseMurray RoseIain Murray Rose AM was born on 6 January 1939 in Nairn, Scotland, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II. He took up swimming as a boy and was an Olympic Games champion at age 17....
, a swimmer and medalist in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games - Nectar RoseNectar RoseNectar Amber Rose is an American actress.Nectar Rose is her real name. She began acting at an early age, at the insistence of her mother. Her first appearance in a feature film was a stripper in the blockbuster Independence Day in 1996. She is best known for the science fiction movie Serenity in...
, an American actress - Paul Rose (disambiguation)Paul RosePaul Rose, born October 16, 1943, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Quebec sovereigntist terrorist who was convicted of murder and kidnapping of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte in 1970...
, several people with this name - Pete RosePete RosePeter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....
, an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1986 - Reginald RoseReginald RoseReginald Rose was an American film and television writer most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama. Rose's work is marked by its treatment of controversial social and political issues...
, an American film and television writer - Rose of LimaRose of LimaRose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...
, the first Catholic saint of the Americas - Ruby Rose, Australian MTV VJ and model
- Sativa RoseSativa RoseSativa Rose is a pornographic actress and model.-Awards:*2003 XRCO Award nominee - Best Three-Way - Initiations 12*2004 AVN Award nominee - Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Video - Initiations 12...
, pornographic actress - Seraphim RoseSeraphim RoseSeraphim Rose, born Eugene Dennis Rose , was an American hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. He also translated Orthodox Christian texts and authored several polemical works...
- orthodox monc and writer - Steven RoseSteven RoseSteven P. Rose is a Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and University of London.-Life:...
, an English academic and activist - Stuart RoseStuart RoseSir Stuart Alan Ransom Rose is a British businessman, who was the executive chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer. For this role he was paid an annual salary of £1,130,000...
, owner of British shopping chain Marks & Spencer - Tim RoseTim RoseTimothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country...
, singer-songwriter - Tim RoseTim Rose (football coach)-External links:*...
, an American football coach - Captain Thomas Rose, English-born American 19th century architect
- Valentin Rose the ElderValentin Rose the ElderValentin Rose the Elder was a German pharmacist and chemist who was a native of Neuruppin. He is remembered for creation of a fusible alloy known as Rose metal, which is composed of lead, bismuth and tin....
(1736–1771) - Valentin Rose (pharmacologist)Valentin Rose (pharmacologist)Valentin Rose was a German pharmacologist from Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg. Son of Valentin Rose the Elder.He found the inuline and sodium carbonate. And he invented a way to detect arsenic.-Children:...
(1762–1807) - Valentin Rose (classicist)Valentin Rose (classicist)Valentin Rose was a German classicist and textual critic.-Personal life:Valentin Rose was the son of mineralogist Gustav Rose , and a nephew to famed mineralogist Heinrich Rose and to the pharmacist Wilhelm Rose , of whom he published a brief remembrance...
(1829–1916) - William Stewart RoseWilliam Stewart RoseWilliam Stewart Rose was a British poet and translator, son of George Rose, who held various Government offices, including that of Treasurer of the Navy...
, British poet and translator