girl's name
Rosemarie
ROHZ-muh-ree
- Origin German
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 9
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 65,260
Scotland
#673
1991 births
Rosemarie looks like Rose plus Marie, and as a name it is — but the herb rosemary has nothing to do with either, and the resemblance is one of the neatest coincidences in naming.
- Rosemarie is a name of German origin.
- Peaked in 1936, when 1,305 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 28,829 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1896.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Rosemarie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 |
| 1900s | 96 |
| 1910s | 811 |
| 1920s | 5,032 |
| 1930s | 10,140 |
| 1940s | 10,843 |
| 1950s | 8,134 |
| 1960s | 7,403 |
| 1970s | 2,725 |
| 1980s | 1,977 |
| 1990s | 1,413 |
| 2000s | 1,046 |
| 2010s | 1,151 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 678 |
What Rosemarie means
Rosemarie means the rose of Mary as a compound name, joining two elements that were already independent names rather than deriving from a single older word.
Where Rosemarie comes from
Rosemarie compounds Rose with Marie, a German and French pattern that also gives Annemarie and Marielle. The herb rosemary is a false friend: it is the Latin ros marinus, dew of the sea, describing a plant that grows on Mediterranean coasts, and English reshaped it toward rose and Mary because both were familiar. So the name and the herb arrived at nearly the same spelling from unrelated directions.
Rosemarie in use
Rosemarie peaked in the United States in 1936, when 1,305 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 1758th in the United States on 115 births, 2848th in France on 15 and 4421st in England and Wales on 9, across 65,260 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Rosemarie?
In 2025, Rosemarie was given to 115 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Rosemarie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Rosemarie is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie is Rosemarie written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. | 11,577 |
Names that peaked alongside Rosemarie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Rosemarie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rosemarie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Rosemarie
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Rosemarie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Rosemarie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rosemarie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Rosemarie
What does the name Rosemarie mean?
Rose plus Marie — a compound of two names rather than a single older word.
Is the herb rosemary related?
No. The herb is the Latin ros marinus, dew of the sea. English reshaped it toward rose and Mary.
Is Rosemarie German?
The compound pattern is German and French, alongside Annemarie.
How popular is Rosemarie?
1758th in the United States, and stable rather than falling in our data.
Is Rosemarie a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosemarie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Rosemarie?
Rosemarie has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Rosemarie?
Rosemarie is usually shortened to Rosie.
Is Rosemarie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Rosemarie currently ranks #1,405 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.