Given name & surname

Roshell

Roshell is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Roshell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Roshell through the years

Babies since 1880
605
12 boys · 593 girls
Most popular year
1971
27 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
051015201960198020002025Highest share 1971Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Roshell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1947–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 602 as a first name in 2020; 309 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.

Roshell’s family of names

Roshell may belong to the same name family as ROSSHELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Roshell’s family in the name graph

RoshellRoshelleRosshell

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Roshell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French

Rochelle

“from the little rock”

26RareEasing

>99% girls

Biblical

Rachell

“ewe”

26RareRising

>99% girls

French · Biblical

Rachelle

“ewe”

31RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Renae

“one who has been reborn”

31RareSteady

>99% girls

Spanish · Biblical

Raquel

“the innocent lamb” · “ewe”

48UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Nature

Rosita

“horse” · “fame”

30RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Rosette

“horse” · “fame”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

Arabic

Rana

“an eyecatching, beautiful object” · “an eye-catching woman; to gaze upon”

35RareSteady

15% boys · 85% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Roshell’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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