The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Latinized version of “Rose“, meaning, well, “rose”. Sometimes used as a diminutive for names beginning with “Ros-“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Ros, Rosabel, Rosaleen, Rosalie, Rosalind, Rosaline, Rosamond, Rosamonde, Rosamund, Rosanne, Rose, Roselin, Roselind, Rosella, Roselle, Rosemond, Rosemund, Rosetta, Rosette, Rosie, Rosina, Rosine, Rosita, Roslyn, Rosy, Roz, Roza, Rozelle, Rozie, Rozy, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Rosa Bullock, one of Fred and Maria Bullock’s children, cousin to Georgy Osborne, who her mother hopes may one day be a means of recapturing her children’s inheritance, in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).
– Rosa Dawson, Lady Crawley, is Sir Pitt Crawley’s second wife and mother of the girls clever little Becky Sharp is hired to be governess for in Vanity Fair.
– Rosa Jemima Todd, the younger sister of Osborne Todd, and the Todd family’s hope of uniting with the Osbornes on the chance that young Georgy might grow up to fall in love with her, in Vanity Fair.

WRITERS:
– Rosa Waldeck (1898-1982), pen name of German-American author Rosie Goldschmidt (R.G.) Waldeck.

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• Rosamond | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 10, 2014 at 9:11 am

  […] ORIGIN: Alternate spelling of “Rosamund”, from the Germanic, meaning “horse protector”. Also related to the Latin for “pure rose”. Sometimes used as a variant of “Rose” or “Rosa“. […]

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• Rosy | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 10, 2014 at 10:19 am

  […] Diminutive of “Rose“, “Rosa“, […]

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• Rosie | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  June 10, 2015 at 8:27 am

  […] Diminutive of “Rose“, “Rosa“, names beginning with “Ros-“, […]

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