Rosie is a feminine given name of English origin.[1] It is a diminutive form of the English language given name Rose, which is of Latin origin.[2] Similar diminutives in other languages include: Rosa becoming Rosita in Spanish, and Ruža becoming Ružica in Slavic languages. Rosie is a nickname for names such as Rosalie, Rosemary, Roseanne, Rosalyn, Rosanna, and more. It is occasionally a male nickname, primarily a short form of Roosevelt.
Historically, Rosie has been a reasonably popular given name for infants in England and Wales during the early 21st century,[3] as it was in Victorian times. It continues to be popular in Scotland, as well. However, it has been rare as a given name for newborns in the United States since the 1980s.[4] Rosaleen is also an Irish name, Rós Ailínn, meaning beautiful rose.
People
Acting and comedy
- Rosie Bentham (born 2001), British actress
- Rosie Cavaliero (born 1968), British actress
- Rosie Fleeshman (born 1992), British actress
- Rosie Jones (comedian) (born 1990), British comedian and actress
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965), Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and activist
- Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actress
- Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962), American comedian and talk show hostess
- Rosie Perez (born 1964), American actress
- Rosie Tenison (born 1968), American actress and model
- Rosie Tran (born 1984), American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian
- Rosie Wilby (born 1970), British comedian
Music
- Rosie Flores (born 1950), American musician
- Rosie Gaines, American vocalist, musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
- Rosie Ledet (born 1971), American, Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer
- Rosie Martin (born 1963), Canadian musician
- Rosie Munter (born 1987), Swedish, member of the pop group Play
- Rosie Nix-Adams (1958–2003), American singer-songwriter
- Rosie Ribbons (born 1983), Australian singer
- Rosie Smith (born 1984), English musician
- Rosie Thomas (singer-songwriter), American singer and songwriter
Politics
- Rosie Cooper (born 1950), British politician
- Rosie Douglas (1941–2000), Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica in 2000
- Rosie Kane (born 1963), Scottish politician
- Rosie Méndez (born 1963), American politician
- Rosie Winterton (born 1958), British politician
Sports
- Rosie Bonds (born 1944), American hurdler
- Rosie Grant (1908–1974), American football player
- Rosie Jones (golfer) (born 1959), American professional golfer
- Rosie Manning (born 1950), American football player
- Rosie Napravnik (born 1988) American jockey
- Rosie Ruiz (1953–2019), Cuban-American who briefly "won" the Boston Marathon by cheating
- Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), British charity fundraiser
Writing
- Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951), British journalist and feminist
- Rosie Scott (1948-2017), New Zealand author
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), American Wikipedia editor
- R. G. Waldeck (1898–1982), American author
Other fields
- Rosie Barnes (born 1946), British charity organiser and former politician
- Rosie Beaton, Australian radio announcer
- Rosie Boote (1878–1958), Irish chorus girl
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987), British supermodel
- Rosie Stancer (born 1960), English polar explorer
Fictional characters
- Rosie Banks, in the Channel 4 soap opera, Brookside, played by actress Susan Twist
- "Rosie", aka Rosetta Cammeniti, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Rosie Colton, in the BBC soap opera Doctors, played by Janice Connolly
- Rosie Cotton, in the Lord of the Rings series, by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Rosie Fox, in the ITV drama The Bill, played by actress Caroline Catz
- Rosie Fuentes, the main character in the children's TV show Rosie's Rules
- Rosie Grape, from the Christian children's direct-to-video series VeggieTales
- Rosie Hoyland, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by actress Maggie Millar
- Rosie Miller, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Rosie M. Banks, in Jeeves and Drones Club stories
- Rosie Mole, in Adrian Mole novels
- Rosie Webster, in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Rosie the Riveter, American propaganda campaign to reduce labor shortages during the Second World War
- Rosie the Rocketeer, an anthropomorphic test dummy used by Boeing for Starliner test spaceflights
- Rosie the Robot Maid, in the animated TV show The Jetsons
- Rosie the Waitress, in commercials for Bounty paper towels, played by actress Nancy Walker
- Rodeo Rosie, on the American children's TV show Sesame Street
- Rosie (Big Daddy), a type of enemy in the popular 2007 video game BioShock and its sequel BioShock 2
- Rosie, a tank engine in the TV show Thomas and Friends
- Rosie, in the Canadian children's TV show Caillou
- Rosie, a baby girl in the animated film A Troll in Central Park
- Rosie, the roundabout in the children's TV show Playdays
- Rosie, a rag doll who was one of the titular characters in the British children's TV show Rosie & Jim
- Rosie, a black widow spider in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life
- Rosie, a cat in the video game series Animal Crossing
- Rosie, an elephant in the novel Water for Elephants
- Rosie, the main character in the CBeebies show Everything's Rosie
References
- ↑ "Rose". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ↑ "Rose". sparkpeople.com. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ↑ "Top 100 names for baby girls in England and Wales". gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ↑ "Popular Baby Names Updated May 11, 2007". ssa.gov. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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