Róise
Say it: ROH-sha
GirlIrishMeans rose5 letters2 syllables
#103
in Ireland (2025)
46
babies in 2025
#103
best rank (2025)
506
babies since 1981
Up 112
10-year rank change
Róise through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #103 |
| 2024 | 37 | #125 |
| 2023 | 28 | #171 |
| 2022 | 24 | #196 |
| 2021 | 32 | #153 |
| 2020 | 27 | #172 |
| 2019 | 28 | #180 |
| 2018 | 30 | #178 |
| 2017 | 27 | #189 |
| 2016 | 21 | #228 |
| 2015 | 24 | #215 |
| 2014 | 18 | #274 |
| 2013 | 19 | #266 |
| 2012 | 22 | #237 |
| 2011 | 21 | #250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #477 |
| 2009 | 11 | #412 |
| 2008 | 18 | #281 |
| 2007 | 9 | #433 |
| 2006 | 10 | #369 |
| 2005 | 9 | #372 |
| 2004 | 9 | #340 |
| 2003 | 13 | #263 |
| 2002 | 3 | #620 |
| 2001 | 5 | #441 |
| 1999 | 3 | #527 |
| 1981 | 3 | #533 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined; the CSO only recorded fadas from 2018.
★ What does Róise mean?
Rose
Irish form of Rose, a Norman name later taken as the flower name.
Say it right
ROHsha
The s is slender in Irish, so it sounds like "sh". Róisín, "little rose", is the pet form.
Not:ROYSROH-ees
The story of Róise
Róise is an Irish form of Rose. Róis is another Irish spelling, and the pet form Róisín, “little rose”, is a name in its own right.
Rose itself has two roots that have run together. It came to England with the Normans as Roese or Rohese, from old Germanic words meaning fame and kind. Over time it was heard simply as the name of the flower, from the Latin rosa, and that is how most people understand it today.
Róise first reached the CSO list in 1981, but stayed rare until the 2000s. It has climbed since, and in 2025 it reached number 103, its best place so far, with 46 girls. The CSO did not record fadas before 2018, so these figures count Róise and Roise together. It has done even better in Northern Ireland, where it reached number 79 in 2022.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: Rose (English proper noun)
- Wikipedia: Rose (given name)
- CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
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Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Róise | 46 | 252 |
| Roise | under 3 | 254 |
In Northern Ireland
#96 in 2025 with 21 babies. Best rank #79 (2022); 429 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.