Rosie is a feminine

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origin. It is a diminutive form of the

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given name

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, which is of

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origin. Similar diminutives in other languages include: ' becoming ' in

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, and ' becoming ' in

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. Rosie is a

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for variations of "Rose" such as " Rosalie", "

Rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name ''Rosmar ...

", " Roseanne", "Rosalyn", “Rosanna”, and more. Historically, Rosie has been a reasonably popular given name for infants in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and

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during the early 21st century, as it was in Victorian times. It continues to be popular in

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, as well. However, it has been rare as a given name for newborns in the United States since the 1980s. Rosaleen is also an Irish name, Rós Ailínn, meaning beautiful rose.

People

Acting and comedy

Rosie Bentham Rosie Elizabeth Bentham (born 29 July 2001) is an English actress, who has appeared as Gabby Thomas in ''Emmerdale'' since January 2016. Early and personal life Bentham was born in 2001 to John and Marianne Bentham, who acted as her chaperones ...

(born 2001), British actress *

Rosie Cavaliero Rosalind Cecilia Cavaliero (born 27 November 1967) is a Brazilian-born English actress. She has appeared in numerous television roles. Filmography Theatre work * ''Dracula'' at the Everyman, Cheltenham – Florrie (February 1995) * ''Airswi ...

(born 1968), British actress * Rosie Fleeshman (born 1992), British actress *

Rosie Jones (comedian) Rosie Jones (born 24 June 1990) is a British comedian, writer and actress. She has written for panel shows ''Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', ''The Last Leg'' and ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'', and has appeared a ...

(born 1990), British comedian and actress *

Rosie Malek-Yonan Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. July 4, 1965) is an Assyrian-American actress, author, director, public figure and activist. Malek-Yonan became a noted pianist at an early age. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge, she settled in the United ...

(born 1965), Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and activist *

Rosie Marcel Rosie Ellen Celine Marcel (born 6 May 1977) is an English actress. Marcel is known for her role as Jac Naylor, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon lead in the BBC drama series ''Holby City'', a role she has also played in sister series '' Casual ...

(born 1977), English actress *

Rosie O'Donnell Roseann O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality. She began her comedy career as a teenager and received her breakthrough on the television series '' Star Search'' ...

(born 1962), American comedian and talk show hostess * Rosie Perez (born 1964), American actress * Rosie Tenison (born 1968), American actress and model *

Rosie Tran Rosie Tran (born January 11, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, model, actress, writer, and podcast host. Biography Tran was born and raised in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana to Vietnamese immigrants. Her father was aut ...

(born 1984), American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian *

Rosie Wilby Rosie Wilby (born 1970 in Liverpool) is an English comedian and singer songwriter based in South London. Career Born in Liverpool, Wilby grew up in Ormskirk, and studied at the University of York, where one of her contemporaries was fellow comi ...

(born 1970), British comedian

Musicians

Rosie Flores Rosie Flores (born September 10, 1950) is an American rockabilly and country music artist. Her music blends rockabilly, honky tonk, jazz, and Western swing along with traditional influences from her Tex-Mex heritage. She currently resides in Au ...

(born 1950), American musician *

Rosie Gaines Rosie Gaines (born Rosemary Gaines; June 26, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Pittsburg, California. Gaines is a former band member of Prince's group, The New Power Generation. She duetted with singer Prince on th ...

, American vocalist, musician, singer-songwriter, and producer *

Rosie Ledet Rosie Ledet (born Mary Roszela Bellard; October 25, 1971) is an American Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer. Her songs are known for their sultry and suggestive lyrics. She tours and records with her band, the Zydeco Playboys. Biograph ...

(born 1971), American, Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer * Rosie Martin (born 1963), Canadian musician * Rosie Munter (born 1987), Swedish, member pop group Play * Rosie Nix-Adams (1958–2003), American singer-songwriter * Rosie Ribbons (born 1983), Australian singer * Rosie Smith (born 1984), English musician *

Rosie Thomas (singer-songwriter) Rosie Thomas is an American singer-songwriter and comedian, originally from Michigan. Career Raised in Detroit, Thomas learned piano and guitar as a child. She attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California, for a year before stud ...

, American singer and songwriter

Literature

Rosie Boycott Rosel Marie "Rosie" Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 13 May 1951) is a British journalist and feminist. Early life The daughter of Major Charles Boycott and Betty Le Sueur Boycott, Rosel Marie "Rosie" Boycott was born in Saint Helier, Jersey. S ...

(born 1951), British journalist * Rosie Scott (1948-2017), New Zealand author * Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), American Wikipedia editor * Rosie Thomas (writer) (born 1948), author *

R. G. Waldeck Rosie Goldschmidt Waldeck (August 24, 1898 – August 8, 1982) born Rosa Goldschmidt, also known as Rosie Waldeck and by several other variants of her name, was the author of several works including ''Prelude to the past; the autobiography of a woma ...

(1898–1982), American author

Politics

Rosie Cooper Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper (born 5 September 1950) is a British health official and former Labour Party politician who has served as the chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust since November 2022. Previously, she served as the Member of Parl ...

(born 1950), British politician *

Rosie Douglas Roosevelt Bernard "Rosie" Douglas (15 October 1941 – 1 October 2000) was a politician and human rights activist from Dominica. He served as Prime Minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his death in office eight months later. Early life ...

(1941–2000), Dominican politician *

Rosie Kane Rosemary "Rosie" Kane (née McGarvey) (born on 5 June 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Region from 2003 to 2007. Political history Introduction to pol ...

(born 1963), Scottish politician *

Rosie Méndez Rosie Méndez (born February 28, 1963) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 2nd district from 2006 to 2017. She is a Democrat. The district includes all or parts of Chelsea, the East Village, the Flatiron ...

(born 1963), American politician * Rosie Winterton (born 1958), British politician

Sports

* Rosie Bonds (born 1944), American hurdler * Rosie Grant (born 1908-1974), American football player *

Rosie Jones (golfer) Rosie Jones (born November 13, 1959) is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings. Amateur career Jones was born in Santa Ana, California. In her amateur career, she was a ...

(born 1959), American professional golfer * Rosie Manning (born 1950), American football player *

Rosie Napravnik Anna Rose "Rosie" Napravnik (born February 9, 1988) is a former American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and two-time winner of the Kentucky Oaks. Beginning her career in 2005, she was regularly ranked among the top jockeys in North America in ...

(born 1988) American jockey *

Rosie Ruiz Rosie M. Vivas ( Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) was a Cuban-American fraudster who (among other schemes) was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after ...

(born 1953), Cuban-American who briefly "won" the Boston Marathon by cheating * Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), British charity fundraiser

Other fields

Rosie Barnes Rosie may refer to: Geography * Rosie, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Rosie River, Northern Territory, Australia People and characters * Rosie (given name) * Rosie the Rocketeer (aka "Rosie"), a Boeing spaceflight test dummy * Rosie ...

(born 1946), British charity organiser and former politician *

Rosie Beaton Rosie Beaton is an Australian radio announcer, best known for her work at Australian youth radio station Triple J. Radio career In 2001, Beaton was appointed host of Triple J's evening music program ''Super Request'' which aired weekdays at 6p ...

, Australian radio announcer * Rosie Boote (born 1878-1958), Irish chorus girl *

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret, formerly being one of their brand "Angels", for being the face of Burberry's 2011 bran ...

(born 1987), British supermodel *

Rosie Stancer Rose Cecilia "Rosie" Stancer (née Clayton; born 25 January 1960) is a British explorer and polar adventurer. Youth, education, family Rosie Stancer attended Butterstone House School in Scotland and then Heathfield School, Ascot. She holds ...

(born 1960), English polar explorer

Fictional characters

* Rosie Banks, in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''

Brookside Brookside may refer to: Geography Canada * Brookside, Edmonton * Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador * Brookside, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Brookside, Berkshire, England * Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England United States * Br ...

'', played by actress Susan Twist * "Rosie", aka

Rosetta Cammeniti Rosetta "Rosie" Cammeniti is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Natalie Saleeba. The character was introduced into the serial as part of a group of four "20 somethings." Saleeba began filming in July an ...

, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Rosie Colton '' Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a ficti ...

, in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', played by Janice Connolly * Rosie Fox, in the ITV drama ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused o ...

'', played by actress Caroline Catz * Rosie Grape, from the Christian children's direct-to-video series ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retell ...

'' *

Rosie Hoyland The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'' in 2002, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Stanley Walsh. The 18th season of ''Neighbours ...

, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by actress Maggie Millar *

Rosie Miller Rosie Swann (also Miller) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Gerry Cowper. Her first appearance was 6 September 2004 and she was axed in 2006, with her final scenes airing July 2006. Rosie is the mother of ...

, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rosie M. Banks, in ''Jeeves'' and ''Drones Club'' stories * Rosie Mole, in ''Adrian Mole'' novels *

Rosie Webster Rosie Webster is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 24 December 1990. She was played by Emma Collinge from 1990 until 27 December 1999. Helen Fl ...

, in the British TV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new ...

, American propaganda campaign to reduce labor shortages during the Second World War * Rosie the Rocketeer, an anthropomorphic test dummy used by Boeing for Starliner test spaceflights * Rosie the Robot Maid, in the animated TV show ''The Jetsons'' * Rosie the Waitress, in commercials for Bounty paper towels, played by actress Nancy Walker * Rodeo Rosie, on the American children's TV show ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

'' * Rosie (Big Daddy), a type of enemy in the popular 2007 video game ''

BioShock ''BioShock'' is a 2007 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K Games. The first game in the BioShock (series), ''BioShock'' series, it was released f ...

'' and its sequel '' BioShock 2'' * Rosie, a tank engine in the TV show ''

Thomas and Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'' * Rosie, in the Canadian children's TV show ''

Caillou ''Caillou'' () is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with i ...

'' * Rosie, a baby girl in the animated film ''

A Troll in Central Park ''A Troll in Central Park'' (released in some countries as ''Stanley's Magic Garden'') is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy comedy film co-directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voice talents of Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leach ...

'' * Rosie, the roundabout in the children's TV show ''

Playdays ''Playdays'' (known as ''Playbus'' until December 1989) is a British pre-school television programme which ran from 1988 to 1997 on CBBC. The show was the successor to '' Play School'' and, like its predecessor, was designed as an educational p ...

'' * Rosie, a rag doll who was one of the titular characters in the British children's TV show '' Rosie & Jim'' * Rosie, a

black widow spider ''Latrodectus'' is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. Howeve ...

in the 1998 animated film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stant ...

'' * Rosie, a cat in the video game series

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...

* Rosie, the main character in the CBeebies show ''

Everything's Rosie ''Everything's Rosie'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code slapstick comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman, from a screenplay by Ralph Spence, Tim Whelan, and Al Boasberg, based on a story by Boasberg. Although the screenplay was credited as origina ...

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