Rosemary


Gender:
Origin: Latin
273 famous people named Rosemary found on Wikipedia.
156596 female, 358 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 454-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 74-th in year 1946
Used in: English

Meanings

Rosemary is a feminine given name, a combination of the names Rose and Mary. It can also be used in reference to the herb named rosemary. Rosemary has been in steady use in the United States and has ranked among the top 1,000 for 110 years. It was ranked as the 754th most popular name for American girls born in 2008. Its greatest period of popularity in the United States was between 1925 and 1950, when it was ranked among the top 150 names for girls. Rosemarie is another variant, and Romy is a German nickname for the name.

Late 14c., earlier rosmarine (c. 1300), from Latin rosmarinus, literally "dew of the sea" (compare French romarin), from ros "dew" + marinus "of the sea, maritime," from mare "sea, the sea, seawater," from PIE root *mori- "body of water." Perhaps so called because it grew near coasts. Form altered in English by influence of rose and Mary. Latin ros is from PIE *ers- "to be wet" (source also of Lithuanian rasa, Old Church Slavonic rosa "dew," Sanskrit rasah "sap, juice, fluid, essence," Hittite arszi "flows," and perhaps also Rha, Scythian name of the River Volga (see rhubarb)).

Sea dew, dew of the sea. Combination of rose and mary.

Famous People: 273 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Rosemary Kennedy 1918 Younger sister to John F. Kennedy
2 Rosemary Clooney 1928 Singer and actress from the United States
3 Rosemary West 1953 British serial killer
4 Courtney Rush 1983 Professional wrestler
5 Rosemary Shrager 1951 British chef
6 Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden 1921 British noble
7 Rosemary DeCamp 1910 Actress
8 Rosemary Forsyth 1943 Canadian-American actress
9 Rosemary Church 1962 British television journalist and presenter
10 Rosemary Murphy 1927 American actress
11 Rosemary Sutcliff 1920 English author
12 Rosemary Leach 1935 British actress
13 Rosemary Forbes Kerry 1913 Child of James Grant Forbes
14 Rosemary Dunsmore 1953 Canadian actress
15 Rosemary 1947
16 Rosemary Bohórquez 1966 Colombian model
17 Rosemary Casals 1948 US tennis player
18 Rosemary DiCarlo 1947
19 Rosemary Standley 1979 French singer
20 Rosemary Martin 1936 British actress
21 Rosemary Conley 1946 British business woman
22 Rosemary M. Collyer 1945 United States federal judge
23 Rosemary Rogers 1932 Romance novelist
24 Rosemary Wells 1943 American children's writer and illustrator
25 Rosemary Dexter 1944 Anglo-Italian actress
26 Rosemary Radford Ruether 1936 American theologian
27 Rosemary Frankau 1933 British actress
28 Rosemary Nelson 1958 Human rights lawyer
29 Rosemary Altea 1946 English psychic
30 Rosemary Rodriguez 2000 American television director
31 Rosemary Barkett 1939 International judge
32 Rosemary Nicols 1941 Actress
33 Rosemary Lehmberg American lawyer
34 Rosemary Ellen Guiley Writer of the occult
35 Rosemary Prinz 1930 American actress
36 Rosemary Smith 1939 Irish rally driver
37 Rosemary Davies 1903 American actress
38 Rosemary Butler 1943 Politician
39 Rosemary King
40 Rosemary LaPlanche 1923 Miss California
41 Rosemary Daniels
42 Rosemary Gladstar Herbalist
43 Rosemary S. Pooler 1938 American judge
44 Rosemary Pollock 1944 English novelist
45 Rosemary Odinga 1977 Kenyan entrepreneur and advocate for alternative agriculture
46 Rosemary Ashe 1953 British actress
47 Rosemary Hill 1957 British historian
48 Rosemary Radcliffe 1949 Canadian actress
49 Rosemary Murray 1913 British educator and academic
50 Rosemary Squires 1928
51 Rosemary Vandenbroucke 1981 Singer
52 Rosemary A. Bailey 1947 British statistician and algebraist, known for her work in the design of experiments as a spokesperson for mathematical statistics
53 Rosemary Follett 1948 Australian politician
54 Rosemary Theby 1892 Actress
55 Rosemary Dobson 1920 Australian poet
56 Rosemary Vrablic
57 Rosemary Timperley 1920 British writer
58 Rosemary Byrne 1948 Scottish politician
59 Rosemary Verey 1919 English garden designer
60 Rosemary Tonks 1928 British poet
61 Rosemary Sullivan 1947 Canadian writer
62 Rosemary Squire 1956 Theatre producer
63 Rosemary Edmonds 1905 British translator
64 Rosemary Rice 1925 American actress
65 Rosemary Crossley 1945 Australian activist
66 Rosemary Stanton 1944
67 Rosemary Hennessy 1950 Feminist
68 Rosemary Edna Sinclair 1936 Australian environmentalist
69 Rosemary Cramp 1929 British archaeologist
70 Rosemary M. Wixom 1948 General President of the Primary
71 Rosemary Anne Sisson 1923 British television writer
72 Rosemary De Angelis 1933 American actress
73 Rosemary Stevenson 1936 American baseball player
74 Rosemary Homeister, Jr. 1972 American jockey
75 Rosemary Márquez 1968 United States District Judge
76 Rosemary Hume 1907 Cook and writer
77 Rosemary Edghill 1956 American writer
78 Rosemary Sassoon 1931 British typographer and expert in children's handwriting
79 Rosemary Stewart Author, professor
80 Rosemary Hawley Jarman 1935 British writer
81 Rosemary Laing 1959 Australian photographer
82 Rosemary Hinkfuss 1931 American politician
83 Rosemary Joshua 1964 Singer
84 Rosemary Barrow 1968 British art historian
85 Rosemary Hollis
86 Rosemary Aitken 1942 Writer
87 Rosemary Museminali 1962 Rwandan politician
88 Rosemary McGrotha 1958 Fashion model
89 Rosemary McKenna 1941 British politician
90 Rosemary Bryant Mariner 1953 US Navy officer
91 Rosemary Kuhlmann 1922 Singer and actress
92 Rosemary McAuliffe 1940 American politician
93 Rosemary Mahoney 1961 American writer
94 Rosemary Leonard 1956 British doctor
95 Rosemary Stjernstedt 1912 English architect and town planner
96 Rosemary Siemens
97 Rosemary Little 1982 Australian female athletics Paralympian
98 Rosemary Haughton 1927 British lecturer, theologian and philosopher
99 Rosemary Dunleavy American ballet dancer
100 Rosemary Thompson 1964 Canadian journalist
101 Rosemary Firth 1912 Anthropologist
102 Rosemary Ames 1906 American actress
103 Rosemary Harris 1923 British children's writer
104 Rosemary Barton 1957 Politician from Northern Ireland
105 Rosemary Low British aviculturalist, ornithologist and conservationist
106 Rosemary McLeod 1949 New Zealand journalist and writer
107 Rosemary Hall 1925 Scottish political activist
108 Rosemary Kirstein 2000 American science fiction writer
109 Rosemary Bailey British writer
110 Rosemary Beresford 1898 Figure skater
111 Rosemary Banks 1951 New Zealand's Ambassador to France
112 Rosemary Brantley American fashion designer
113 Rosemary Willis 1990 Beauty pageant winner
114 Rosemary Crowley 1938 Australian politician
115 Rosemary Blight Film producer
116 Rosemary Sayigh 1935 British historian
117 Rosemary Joyce 1956 American anthropologist and social archaeologist
118 Rosemary Phillips
119 Rosemary Manning 1911 Writer
120 Rosemary Stirling 1947 Sprinter and middle distance runner and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
121 Rosemary Waring British autism researcher
122 Rosemary Ashton 1947 English academic
123 Rosemary Menkens 1946 Australian politician
124 Rosemary Rue 1928 British physician and civil servant
125 Rosemary Corbin American politician
126 Rosemary Glyde 1948 American musician
127 Rosemary Goldie 1916 Australian Roman Catholic theologian; undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; Vatican II female auditor
128 Rosemary Armitage 1955 Australian politician; Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
129 Rosemary Thomas 1964 British diplomat
130 Rosemary Rapaport 1918 British musician
131 Rosemary Vodrey Canadian politician
132 Rosemary Sage British academic
133 Rosemary Payne 1933 British discus thrower
134 Rosemary Watson American comedy actress, voiceover artist, singer
135 Rosemary Thomson Canadian conductor
136 Rosemary Clement-Moore American writer
137 Rosemary Mulligan 1941 American politician
138 Rosemary Aubert 1946 Canadian author
139 Rosemary Esehagu 1981 Nigerian writer
140 Rosemary R. Gunning 1905 New York politician
141 Rosemary Sexton 1946 Author
142 Rosemary Seninde 1965
143 Rosemary Hughes
144 Rosemary Askin 1949 New Zealand geologist
145 Rosemary E. Rodriguez American politician
146 Rosemary Wyse 1957 Scottish astrophysicist
147 Rosemary Mayer 1943
148 Rosemary Carter American romance novelist
149 Rosemary Winslow American poet
150 Rosemary Jeffries American Roman Catholic nun, academic and educator
151 Rosemary Lowe-McConnell 1921 Biologist
152 Rosemary Foot 1936 Australian politician
153 Rosemary Sorensen 1954 Australian journalist
154 Rosemary Dempsey American activist
155 Rosemary Eames 1965 Australian Paralympic swimmer
156 Rosemary Horrox English historian
157 Rosemary Dinnage 1928 British author and critic
158 Rosemary Sharp American singer
159 Rosemary Barnett British artist
160 Rosemary Frances Rees 1875 New Zealand actress, theatre producer and novelist
161 Rosemary Disney Miller being maiden name. Johnston being first marriage and 3 children Dave, Susan and Todd
162 Rosemary Fadljevic 1993 Female Australian basketball player
163 Rosemary Allan 1911 Britsh painter
164 Rosemary Goodchild English cricketer
165 Rosemary Feit Covey 1954 American printmaker
166 Rosemary Woolf 1925 Scholar of medieval literature
167 Rosemary Agnew Scottish civil servant
168 Rosemary Kyburz 1944 Australian politician
169 Rosemary Lassig 1941 Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
170 Rosemary Hayes British writer
171 Rosemary Owens Australian legal scholar
172 Rosemary Gillespie American evolutionary biologist
173 Rosemary Cove 1936 American artist
174 Rosemary Candlin
175 Rosemary Godin Canadian politician
176 Rosemary Catacalos American poet
177 Rosemary Arrojo 1950 Brazilian specialist in literature and university teacher
178 Rosemary Morris 1986 Olympic water polo player
179 Rosemary S. J. Schraer 1924 American academic
180 Rosemary Kilbourn 1931 Canadian artist
181 Rosemary Sandlin 1946 State representative
182 Rosemary Ryan 1975 Irish female distance runner
183 Rosemary O'Leary
184 Rosemary Adey 1933 South Australia softball player and sports administrator
185 Rosemary Hutton 1925 British geophysicist
186 Rosemary Lain-Priestley
187 Rosemary O'Day
188 Rosemary Hunter Australian jurist
189 Rosemary Opala 1923 Artist
190 Rosemary Lauder English historian
191 Rosemary Waldorf
192 Rosemary Nixon 1952 Canadian author and novelist
193 Rosemary Johnson 1913 Actor
194 Rosemary Potter 1952 American politician
195 Rosemary Pattenden British academic
196 Rosemary Neering 1945 Canadian non-fiction author and journalist
197 Rosemary Marcus Nigerian professional cyclist
198 Rosemary Redfield
199 Rosemary Ribeiro 1958 Swimmer
200 Rosemary Lane 1914