Names

Diminutive form of Rossi. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).

Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning “red”. This is the most common surname in Italy.

From various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic ros meaning “promontory, headland”.

Means “field of roses” in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Variant of Rosenberg.

Means “rose mountain” in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.

Derived from the feminine given name Rose.

Means “rose” from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

From the name of a town in Lancashire, derived from Old Norse rá “roebuck” and skógr “wood, forest”.

Spanish form of Rosário.