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Rosemary en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹəʊzˌmɛːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹoʊzməɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

A combination of Rose + Mary, referring to the flower as a symbol of Virgin Mary, first recorded in the eighteenth century. It is found in continental Europe as Rosemarie and Rosa Maria. After mid-nineteenth century when flower names became common it may also refer to the herb rosemary, Latin ros marinus "dew of the sea".

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • Rosemary. A sweet dark name, though finally a shrill trite woman. 1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 53:
    • "And you - you darling!" - addressing the astonished Rosemary - "will you love your grandmamma? Kiss me, my child." - - - "Oh, you tell fibs!" cried the child. "My name is Rose Marie Romarin - is it not, Grandpa?" 1860, Jedediah Vincent Huntington, Rosemary: or, Life or Death, D.&J. Sadler, Co, published 1860, page 175:

Deriveds

Romy

Translations (9)

sv Rose-Marie (female given name) · arz روزماري (female given name) · pl Rosemary (female given name) · ar إِكْلِيل اَلْجَبَل (female given name) · sv Ros-Marie (female given name) · it Mariarosa (female given name) · de Rosemarie (female given name) · ru Ро́змари (female given name) · fr Rose-Marie (female given name)