French Rose Names

We are hoping someone has some ideas for [name_m]French[/name_m] rose names that could be shortened to [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]. So far, we’ve found [name_f]Rosemonde[/name_f], but are hoping for some other suggestions!

Thanks for your input!

[name_f]Rosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Roselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosine[/name_f]

[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t like any of the pp’s suggestions but I do love [name_f]Rosamond[/name_f].

[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] would be my favorite:)

I like [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] a lot.

Some that haven’t already been suggested:
Roseline/Roselyne
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]-Hélène

Some that hasn’t been mentioned already:

[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
Rosabella or [name_f]Rosabelle[/name_f]

I got a little carried away, I’m not sure if these are [name_m]French[/name_m].

My favorite are [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]

[name_f]Rosalba[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
Rosaree
Rosalaine
Roselene

Rohais is an old [name_m]French[/name_m] name meaning [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and I think it’s lovely.

I simply love [name_f]Rose[/name_f] just [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. It’s gourgoues and you can Call her [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]

I also like the Italian version [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]

Rosamée was always my favourite [name_m]French[/name_m] rose name. I second [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and Rosamonde as well.

I’m pretty sure everyone knows that [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is a name, they just don’t care for it.
She asked for obviously longer form of name [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_m]French[/name_m] on top of that. Much better suggestion would be Roselyne called [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] than [name_f]Rose[/name_f] called [name_f]Rosie[/name_f].

There was a [name_m]French[/name_m] berry on here a while back who used [name_f]Rosalba[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f] (SO gorgeous!), but I don’t know that [name_f]Rosalba[/name_f] is actually [name_m]French[/name_m]?

[name_f]Rosemonde[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f], [name_f]Roselle[/name_f], [name_f]Rosabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], etc., all seem very faux [name_m]French[/name_m], but I don’t know that they actually are used with any regularity in [name_f]France[/name_f]? I know a [name_m]French[/name_m] Canadian berry from a couple years ago used [name_f]Roselle[/name_f], though, so I would call that a [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] name. Maybe [name_f]Rosine[/name_f], too?

Good luck!

P.S. [name_f]Rosaline[/name_f] is Shakespearean, but I can see it working very well in [name_m]French[/name_m] circles, too, as long as you’re prepared for -leen as opposed to -line or -lyn?

ash, they use Latin- based names just as much as [name_m]French[/name_m] ones, they do have a naming laws, but even if it’s little permissive, I’m under impression names like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] were something quite normal there.