Rosie-May
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies
Rosie-May by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Rosie-May.
What we can tell you about Rosie-May
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rosie-May. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosie-Maerose flower; my; compound name23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosie-Raerose flower; hypocorism of Rose with Rae5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
- Rosa-Maerose; combined with May7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosie-Leerose flower; hypocorism of Rose with Lee5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Remi-Mayoarsman; with may as a middle name element3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rosie-May
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