Given name
Róisín
In Irish Gaelic use, Róisín is used as an affectionate form of Rois.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Róisín is a diminutive of Róis. Róis comes from Anglo-Norman.
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How it developed
In Irish Gaelic use, Róisín is used as an affectionate form of Rois.
Róisín’s family of names
Róisín is an affectionate form of Rois. In Irish usage, Róisín has a related form in Roisin. Róisín has a related form in Rosheen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Róisín
- Róisín MurphyIrish singer-songwriterborn 1973
- Róisín O'DonovanIrish actress and film director (1989)
- Róisín ShortallIrish Labour Party politicianborn 1954
- Roisin ConatyEnglish comedianborn 1979
- Róisín UrquhartScottish socialist (born 1994)
- Roisin McGettiganIrish runnerborn 1980
- Róisín Uptonfield hockey playerborn 1994
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