Origin and popularity of the name ROZSA

Origin

Rozsa : Hungarian (Rózsa): from the female personal name Rózsa from the vocabulary word rózsa ‘rose’. In some cases the surname might derive from an old male personal name of the same form. Compare Roja 2 and Rose 1.

Roja : 1: Spanish: apparently a nickname from the feminine adjective roja ‘red’. Alternatively an altered form of the cognate Rojo.2: Romanian: of Hungarian origin an altered form of Rózsa ‘rose’ (see Rozsa).

Rose : 1: English Scottish French Walloon Danish and German: from the name of the flower Middle English Old French Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa) in various applications. In part it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found especially in Europe as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa) Slovak Róža and Czech Roza. Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.2: English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese Roese later Rose Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis Rothaid composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind sort’).3: English and Scottish: variant of Ross.4: French and Walloon (Rosé): nickname for someone with a rosy complexion from rosé ‘pinkish rosy’.5: French: habitational name from (La) Rose the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare Larose 3.6: French and Walloon: from the female personal name Rose from the name of the flower (see 1 above). This surname is also found in the West Indies and Mauritius.7: Italian (Calabria): habitational name from Rose the name of a place in Calabria.8: In some cases also an Americanized or Italianized form of Slovenian Rože: from a short form of any old vernacular form of the personal name Erazem Latin Erasmus in which the syllable raz was altered to rož (see Rozman).9: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Royze derived from the Yiddish word royz ‘flower’ or an artificial name from the same word.

Roza : 1: Asturian-Leonese and Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places called (La) Roza especially in Asturias from Asturian-Leonese roza ‘undergrowth’ equivalent to Spanish roza ‘cleared land’ (from rozar ‘to clear to plow’ from Late Latin ruptiare from the past participle ruptus of classical Latin rumpere ‘to break’).2: Czech and Slovak: from a short form of the personal name Rozálie Latin Rosalia.3: Slovak and Croatian (Roža Slovak mainly Róža): Slavicized form of Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa) or a direct (as a Slovak surname) or indirect (as a Croatian surname) derivative of Latin rosa ‘rose’ (see Rose).4: Hungarian (also Róza): variant of Rózsa (see Rozsa).

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