Rosevelt
Masculine · “rose field”
Rosevelt is Roosevelt written by ear, and the Dutch original is a field of roses. American families named sons for two presidents of that surname, and the spelling followed the sound rather than the source.
How old is the name Rosevelt?
Rosevelt first appears in US birth records in 1900 — 125 years ago. The typical Rosevelt alive today was born around 1931, making them about 94 years old. About 700 people named Rosevelt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rosevelt most popular?
Rosevelt peaked in 1905, reaching #290 nationally. See the whole 1905 chart.
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Where it comes from
From roos + veld to Rosevelt
The story of Rosevelt
The Roosevelts were a Dutch family in New Amsterdam from the seventeenth century, and two of their descendants became president. American families named sons after presidents as a matter of course, and the registers show sharp peaks around 1905 and again in the 1930s. Rosevelt is the phonetic respelling, which appears in real numbers particularly in the American South, peaking in the mid-1930s.
Meaning
rose field
From the Dutch roosevelt — roos, 'rose', and veld, 'field' or 'open country'. It was a topographic surname for a family from such a place. Dutch surnames of this shape are common: Vandervelt, Rosenveld and Bloemveld are formed the same way.
How the name formed
- roos + veld
- Roosevelt
- Rosevelt
Related forms: Roosevelt · Rooseveldt
Pronouncing Rosevelt
ROH-zuh-velt
Three syllables, stress on the first. The Dutch double o is a long o, which this spelling records with a single letter.
Nicknames for Rosevelt
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1900
- Most boys named
- 1933122 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #290reached in 1905
- Change vs 1990
- 0.0%5 in 1993, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rosevelt in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Roosevelt in Dutch — spelling variant
- Rooseveldt in English — spelling variant
Rosevelts among us
people named Rosevelt are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rosevelt has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete and attractive, and the Dutch surname pattern is well documented.
- It carries a specific and traceable piece of American history.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Roosevelt is the standard spelling and this one will read as a variant.
- It is strongly period-coded to the first half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rosevelts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Rosevelt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rosevelt in 2025?
- Rosevelt is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Rosevelt with classmates?
- Rosevelt will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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