Lately I’ve fallen in love with [name]Rosie[/name]. Spunky, classic, sweet and botanical, she fulfills all my name criteria. The problem is deciding on a long form (I’m a big believer in formal names on the birth certificate).
[name]Rosamond[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Rosetta[/name], [name]Rosalba[/name]…or just plain [name]Rose[/name]? What’s your favorite way to get to [name]Rosie[/name]?
I like [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Rosamund[/name], and [name]Primrose[/name] best out of the [name]Rosie[/name] names. I don’t know if [name]Primrose[/name] is an option, but I love it.
I am not really super into [name]Rosie[/name] specifically but I do love many of the [name]Rose[/name]-names.
I think at this time my favourites for [name]Rosie[/name] are [name]Rosamund[/name], [name]Rosalba[/name], and Rosabel. I do like just [name]Rose[/name] as a first too though. [name]Rosamund[/name] and [name]Rosalba[/name] have a formality and weight that make an appealing somber contrast to cute [name]Rosie[/name], [name]IMO[/name]. And Rosabel is adorable but a subversion of the expected -bel/-bella names. Think how many [name]Isabella[/name] Roses there are, to how few Rosabels! I pulled up a site listing them for 2011 and only 7 were born in the entire US.
I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Rosemary[/name], but it’s such a different plant in my mind’s eye (juniper-like, needles, herbal and not sweet and floral…) that I would be likelier to call her [name]Romy[/name] or [name]Rory[/name] than [name]Rosie[/name]. That’s probably my own mental hangup though. You certainly COULD call a [name]Rosemary[/name] [name]Rosie[/name] and nobody would find it odd, I’m the odd one.
I’ve always liked [name]Roselle[/name]. You can do [name]Rose[/name], [name]Rosie[/name] or [name]Elle[/name] for nicknames.(I also like [name]Rosella[/name]) I like [name]Rosalie[/name] or [name]Rosalia[/name] and [name]Rosette[/name], or [name]Rosetta[/name]. [name]Just[/name] plain [name]Rose[/name] is always pretty too!
I adore [name]Rose[/name]- names, all are great but I think I might vote for romantic [name]Rosalind[/name] first than sweet [name]Rosalie[/name] second.
I prefer plain old [name]Rose[/name]. Although it’s hugely popular as a middle, I’ve never heard it as a first name, so I think it would be cute and a little unexpected. It’s classic and pretty.
My next choice is [name]Rosemary[/name]. I think it’s a great, underused name and it would be sweet on a little girl.
[name]Rosalind[/name] without a doubt. I love that it has such a strong, literary connection to [name]Shakespeare[/name] and I think it’s simply a very beautiful name. I adore the nickname [name]Rosie[/name].
[name]Rosalind[/name] has always been my favorite, because I love names with multiple, different nickname options ([name]Rosie[/name], [name]Ros[/name], [name]Lindy[/name])