Baby name
RARE
🇫🇷 🇳🇱 Rosan
/ro · ZAHN/
Meaning
“Possibly rose, or bright”
Origin disputed: possibly derived from the Occitan-French word for 'rose' (ultimately from Latin), or possibly from the Persian word rushan, meaning 'bright' or 'luminous'. Recorded as a French given name, particularly in Gascon and Occitan communities of southwestern France, with a documented but modest history there. In the Netherlands, Rosan is used as a girls' name.
Vibe
understated
How it ages.
A quiet, regionally rooted name from southwestern France that reads as distinctive rather than trend-driven.
The cultural moment.
In France, about 650 boys have been given the name since 1900, with a record 35 births in 1960.