Given name & surname
Roosevelt
“from the field of roses”
Roosevelt is used as a given name and a surname. One Danish interpretation is “from the field of roses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Danish interpretation is “from the field of roses.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Danish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roosevelt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38,024
- 37,661 boys · 363 girls
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 1,225 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #4,362 for boys · #8,765 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,362 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,208 in 1933. It also appeared in 12 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,325 as a first name in 2020; 947 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roosevelt’s family of names
In English usage, Roosevelt has a diminutive in Rosey. Roosevelt has a related form in Rosevelt. In English usage, Roosevelt as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Yiddish form רוזוועלט.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roosevelt has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roosevelt
- Roosevelt SkerritPrime Minister of Dominicaborn 1972
- Roosevelt SykesAmerican blues musician1906–1983
- Rosey GrierAmerican football player, actor and writerborn 1932
- Rosey BrownPlayer of American football (1932-2004)
- Roosevelt RobertsAmerican mixed martial arts fighterborn 1994
- Roosevelt BouieAmerican basketball player (born 1958)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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