Rossie
Feminine · “rose”
Rossie is given to both — 1,818 girls and 768 boys since 1880. See Rossie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The rose came west and the word came with it. Latin rosa is not native Latin: it was borrowed from Greek rhodon, and the Greek was borrowed in turn from an Iranian language. The flower and its name traveled the same road, from Persia into the Mediterranean and then everywhere.
How old is the name Rossie?
Rossie first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Rossie alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. About 500 people named Rossie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rossie most popular?
Rossie peaked in 1891, reaching #541 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 11,391 places below that high. See the whole 1891 chart.
Where it comes from
From rhodon to Rossie
The story of Rossie
The rose word is one of the clearest cases of a plant name following a plant. Old Persian had a word for it; Greek took rhodon and gave its name to the island of Rhodes, which used a rose on its coins; Latin took rosa; and every European language took it from Latin. The doubling in this spelling points at the other possible source. Ros in Gaelic is a headland or a promontory, and it is all over the map of Scotland and Ireland — Ross-shire, Kinross, Roscommon, Rosslare — and it produced one of the commonest Scottish surnames. Rossie is the -ie pet form, and it was given to girls and boys alike in nineteenth-century American records.
Meaningscholars disagree
rose — or, in the other reading, a headland
Rossie may be a pet form of Rose, from Latin rosa, or of the surname Ross, which is Gaelic ros, a promontory or headland — the element in Ross-shire and Kinross. Both are documented and the spelling with a doubled s leans slightly toward the second.
How the name formed
- rhodon
- rosa
- Rose
- Rossie
Related forms: Ros
Pronouncing Rossie
ROSS-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the short o of loss. Rosie, from Rose, has a long o and is a different word; the doubled s is what keeps them apart.
Nicknames for Rossie
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
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 192543 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #541reached in 1891
- Change vs 2023
- +40.0%7 in 2025, 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.
Rossie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ros in Scottish Gaelic — related form
Rossies among us
people named Rossie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Rossie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Rossie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Rossie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rossie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two possible roots, both documented, and both visible on maps.
- It serves either child, and the older records show both.
- Two syllables and a spelling that says the vowel correctly.
- Rosie is far commoner and has a different vowel, so the two will be confused constantly.
- Very few people carry this spelling now and almost all of them are old.
- The few boys given it will be read as girls on paper.
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Feminine · #11932 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Rossies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Rossie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rossie in 2025?
- Rossie ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rossie?
- About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Rossie — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rossie with classmates?
- Rossie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Rossie
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