Given name
Rosmarie
“the dew of the sea”·“resembling a bitter rose”
Rosmarie is a variant of Rosemary. Interpretations include “the dew of the sea” and “resembling a bitter rose”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rosmarie is a variant of Rosemary. Interpretations include “the dew of the sea” and “resembling a bitter rose”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosmarie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 0 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 385 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rosmarie’s family of names
Rosmarie has a related form in Rosemary. In German usage, Rosmarie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rosemary. In German usage, Rosmarie has a related form in Rosemarie.
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 1
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.
People named Rosmarie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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