Rosemarie
A Latin name that blends rose and the name Mary. Fewer than 150 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and 2025 brought its first two newborn girls on record.
Rosemarie Pronunciation
Rosemarie is pronounced ro-se-MAHR-ye (/rɔsɛˈmarjɛ/).
What Rosemarie means
Where Rosemarie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rosemarie joins two of the oldest names in Europe. The first half comes from Latin rosa, the rose. The second comes from Maria. One traditional reading of Maria splits it into elements meaning bitter sea, and the Polish gloss keeps that as róża i morze gorzkie.
The name took its firmest hold in German-speaking lands. Rosemarie was common on German birth registers through the early twentieth century, and it still reads as German despite the Latin root. The artist Rosemarie Trockel, born in Schwerte in 1952, is one of the best known bearers.
No standard diminutives or variants are recorded for it. A girl called Rosemarie carries the full compound on the class register at school. The name hands her a rose and, from Maria, that old sea of bitterness.
How many people are named Rosemarie
1 in 161027 women in Poland is named Rosemarie. 140 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2775 among female names.
Rosemarie's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1804 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Rosemarie as a middle name
Rosemarie is a first name for 140 women in Poland and a middle name for another 32, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1246th, between Radochna (32) and Rutendo (32).
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#1244 Nicoll32
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#1245 Radochna32
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#1246 Rosemarie32
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#1247 Rutendo32
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#1248 Tania32