Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Rosemary
/ROHZ · mair · ee/
Meaning
“Latin compound of ros marinus”
Latin compound of ros marinus, sea dew, the aromatic herb; also read as Rose + Mary, giving it both botanical freshness and Marian religious resonance in Catholic traditions.
Nicknames
rosie · romy
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Had a long mid-century run; currently in gentle revival in the UK as Edwardian-era names come back.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the US and UK from the 1920s through the 1960s; declining since the 1970s but seeing gentle uptick in the UK from the 2010s.