Ross

A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning from the promontory; headland.

Babies a year
167
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

Ross by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Ross. In the US, 167 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,885 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Names that come from Ross

Forms of Ross in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Rossiered; a diminutive form of Ross9 in the US (2017)
  • Rossehorse; a form of Ross6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ross. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rossired; Italian surname used as given name5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Russred; diminutive of Russell or Rusty7 in the US (2017)
  • Rois5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ross

Names that are said the same way as Ross, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Royceson of the king; from roy720 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ross

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