Given name & surname
Rosh
“head”·“chief”·“top”
Rosh is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewראש
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Rosh means “head,” “chief” or “top.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Rosh is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew root ro'sh (ראש).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Rosh appears in Genesis 46:21, Ezekiel 38:2-3, Ezekiel 38:15 and 1 other passage.
- Genesis 46:21
- Ezekiel 38:2-3
- Ezekiel 38:15
- Ezekiel 39:3
From biblical name research
Rosh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 331 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.
Rosh’s family of names
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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