Ros

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse rós = 'rose' from Latin rosa = 'rose' (see ROS) [1] [2]

2) Germanic *hróþi = 'fame, honour' (see HROD) [2]

3) Middle High German ros = 'horse' (see HROSS)

4) Short form of Eufrosina

Related Names

     
Roosa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Roossa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ros ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rós ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Rosa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rósa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic
Rose ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rosea ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Rosenius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Rosi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rosie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Ruusa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruussa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruusu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruvsá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami

See also Rosalia, Rosette, Rosilda, Rosina, Rósingur, Rosita

Combinations

For combinations see ROS and HROSS and HROD (name elements)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m1.png 38 120 0 4
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 0 8 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 6 n.a 6
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ros.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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