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Dew of the sea in the herb-name interpretation; the Rose-and-Mary formation is separate.
The personal-name entry records a Rose-and-Mary formation and a later possible link to the rosemary herb. The herb’s Latin expression ros marinus supplies dew of the sea. That literal gloss belongs to the herb account; it is not a single translation of both parent names.
English Rose-and-Mary compound, with a separate Latin herb-name association.
The source distinguishes a compound of the English names Rose and Mary from a later possible association with the herb’s Latin name. Related continental forms include Rosemarie and Rosa Maria; those routes should not be compressed into one Latin-only account.
/ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/; /ˈɹoʊzməɹi/
Two General American English forms with a different middle vowel.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 76 · preliminary | 408 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 10 (rounded to 5) | 2730 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 81 | 490 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2010 | Girls | 4 | 366 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 3 | 780 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 6 | 544 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 1,222 | 251 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 1990 | Boys | 5 | 8117 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English section documents feminine given-name use. Existing checked formation and herb associations remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The personal-name entry records a Rose-and-Mary formation and a later possible link to the rosemary herb. The herb’s Latin expression ros marinus supplies dew of the sea. That literal gloss belongs to the herb account; it is not a single translation of both parent names. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, Rosemary personal-name entry; name researcher Ivar Utne and Babyverden, Rosemary entry. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Rosemary&oldid=93436265; https://www.babyverden.no/navn/rosemary/. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); Babyverden source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the two name-formation accounts and scoped the literal herb gloss. No source passage, literary quotation, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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One given-name formation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The entry records an eighteenth-century Rose plus Mary formation with Marian symbolism, and a later possible herb association as flower names became common. The Latin dew-of-the-sea expression belongs to the herb route, not a universal translation of every Rosemary. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact Romi name-research entry explicitly records Romi as a short form of Rosemary. This is an optional familiar form, not a required name for every bearer. Credit: Babyverden, Romi, updated 29 June 2025; article credits name researcher Ivar Utne. Source: https://www.babyverden.no/navn/romi/. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained (https://www.babyverden.no/navn/romi/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized only the stated name route or short-form relationship. No publisher passage, image or recording reproduced; no open license claimed.
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The reviewed entry explicitly records separate longer-name traditions. This relationship depends on the name tradition; exact spelling-specific counts remain separate.
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English given-name relationship. These spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The source distinguishes a compound of the English names Rose and Mary from a later possible association with the herb’s Latin name. Related continental forms include Rosemarie and Rosa Maria; those routes should not be compressed into one Latin-only account. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, Rosemary personal-name entry; name researcher Ivar Utne and Babyverden, Rosemary entry. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Rosemary&oldid=93436265; https://www.babyverden.no/navn/rosemary/. License: Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); Babyverden source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the two name-formation accounts and scoped the literal herb gloss. No source passage, literary quotation, image or audio reproduced.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Two General American English forms with a different middle vowel.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact Rosemary name guide explicitly lists Romie among its family forms. The relationship is broader than an asserted direct nickname; the herb and Rose-and-Mary accounts remain separate. Credit: name researcher Ivar Utne and Babyverden, exact Rosemary, Romy entries. Sources: https://www.babyverden.no/navn/rosemary/; https://www.babyverden.no/navn/romy/. License: original factual summary; Babyverden source rights retained. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names wrote a brief original English explanation of the recorded name route or relationship. No source entry prose, popularity table, image or audio reproduced; no open license asserted for Babyverden material.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
