Do you think Rose is a Jewish name?

nylon

Tue, May 30 2017, 12:26 am

As others have said, it's one of those names that isn't specifically Jewish, but definitely fits. Neutral, you could maybe say, the way if you introduced someone named Sara, she might well be Jewish, but might not. And yes it's a name that was older and is now coming back around. I had a great-grandma Rose myself, Raizel in Yiddish.

FranticFrummie

Tue, May 30 2017, 2:53 am

In Sephardic circles, Rosa (prounounced RHO-sah) is extremely common.

I know a Chabad couple who have a yummy little girl named Rosie.

amother

cornflower

Tue, May 30 2017, 3:32 am

Vered is the jewish version of rose. But I prefer rose...much prettier.

Iymnok

Tue, May 30 2017, 3:56 am

I know a girl Chaya Rose. Rosie as a nickname. I always loved the sound of it. Frum OOT.

thanks

Tue, May 30 2017, 4:09 am

amother wrote:

Vered is the jewish version of rose. But I prefer rose...much prettier.

Shoshana is another Hebrew version of this name.

It's as Jewish a name as Bella (beautiful), Feigy (bird), Libby (love), Shaindel (nice), etc. These names are only a few generations old. In those generations, it was perfectly ok to invent a new name in.

amother

Olive

Tue, May 30 2017, 5:15 am

amother wrote:

Vered is the jewish version of rose. But I prefer rose...much prettier.

Vered is the Modern Hebrew word for rose. Shoshana is the tanachi word.

I'm a Shoshana named after a Shoshana/Rose, though I didn't get the "Rose" because my mother thought it was old-fashioned. 30 years later I think it's come back into its own and I love it on little girls.

little_mage

Tue, May 30 2017, 5:44 am

My daughter's middle name is Rose, and that's what's on her birth certificate. Her Hebrew name is Shoshana (we reversed the order of the names because it sounds better that way).

Chayalle

Tue, May 30 2017, 8:28 am

My great-great-grandmother was Rosa. She was ashkenazic.

(My girls love the name and plan to use it as is. My sister's daughter is Shoshana, named after her.)

To the OP, I just started counting off a few Rosie's that I know in yeshivish, Lakewood circles. Four off the bat. I've seen a few in the Bais Faiga newsletter. Hope that helps you.

amother

Khaki

Tue, May 30 2017, 8:54 am

Chayalle wrote:

It does help me, being that I'm in the Lakewood- Bais Faiga circles Smile

In your opinion is rose just as fine as Rosie?

cnc

Tue, May 30 2017, 8:58 am

amother wrote:

Considered?
By the standards of your personal opinion?

Lol. This. I was wondering if someone has an inferiority complex and hates her name. I never looked at Roizy as "yunchy".

LiLIsraeli

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:00 am

Does it matter? It's only the English name, and if you're in yeshivish Lakewood circles, I imagine you would be using her Hebrew name anyway. An English name is just an English name, and doesn't have to be specifically Jewish.

Either way, I've heard of little girls named Rosie.

amother

Plum

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:06 am

Carmen Luna wrote:

Roizy is a very common name in Chassidish circles but it's considered quite a yonchy name.

What does this mean? What

Re the name. I had a Hungarian great aunt Roiza.

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:08 am

amother wrote:

What does this mean? What

Thanks for asking. I just googled "yonchy" and "yunchy" and found nothing.

amother

Khaki

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:11 am

LiLIsraeli wrote:

No- that's my question- my husband wants to call the child by that name, Rose. (He doesn't like Shoshana or any other variations.)

cnc

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:32 am

cm wrote:

Thanks for asking. I just googled "yonchy" and "yunchy" and found nothing.

Nebby

Ruchel

Tue, May 30 2017, 9:41 am

Sefardic is resh - vav - zayin - heh. I might have seen also with a "s" sound instead - that would depend on accent etc. Anyway in Yiddish it's a alef.

Chayalle

Tue, May 30 2017, 11:21 am

amother wrote:

It does help me, being that I'm in the Lakewood- Bais Faiga circles Smile

In your opinion is rose just as fine as Rosie?

All of the Rosies I know are named Rosa, not Rose.

ETA actually one is Raisel and they call her Rosie.

Coffee Addict

Tue, May 30 2017, 11:40 am

To me rose is , rose from the titanic movie! What a gorgeous girl she is! Lol!