Rosie is a feminine given name of English origin.^[1] It is a diminutive form of the English language given name Rose, which is of Latin origin.^[2] Similar diminutives in other languages include: Rosa becoming Rosita in Spanish, and Ruža becoming Ružica in Slavic languages. Rosie is a nickname for names such as Rosalie, Rosemary, Roseanne, Rosalyn, Rosanna, and more. It is occasionally a male nickname, primarily a short form of Roosevelt.^{[citation needed]}

Historically, Rosie has been a reasonably popular given name for infants in England and Wales during the early 21st century,^[3] as it was in Victorian times. It continues to be popular in Scotland, as well. However, it has been rare as a given name for newborns in the United States since the 1980s.^[4] Rosaleen is also an Irish name, Rós Ailínn, meaning beautiful rose.

People

Acting and comedy

• Rosie Bentham (born 2001), British actress
• Rosie Cavaliero (born 1968), British actress
• Rosie Fleeshman (born 1992), British actress
• Rosie Jones (comedian) (born 1990), British comedian and actress
• Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965), Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and activist
• Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actress
• Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962), American comedian and talk show hostess
• Rosie Perez (born 1964), American actress
• Rosie Tenison (born 1968), American actress and model
• Rosie Tran (born 1984), American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian
• Rosie Wilby (born 1970), British comedian

Music

• Rosie Flores (born 1950), American musician
• Rosie Gaines, American vocalist, musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
• Rosie Ledet (born 1971), American, Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer
• Rosie Martin (born 1963), Canadian musician
• Rosie Munter (born 1987), Swedish, member of the pop group Play
• Rosie Nix-Adams (1958–2003), American singer-songwriter
• Rosie Ribbons (born 1983), Australian singer
• Rosie Smith (born 1984), English musician
• Rosie Thomas (singer-songwriter), American singer and songwriter

Politics

• Rosie Cooper (born 1950), British politician
• Rosie Douglas (1941–2000), Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica in 2000
• Rosie Kane (born 1963), Scottish politician
• Rosie Méndez (born 1963), American politician
• Rosie Winterton (born 1958), British politician

Sports

• Rosie Bonds (born 1944), American hurdler
• Rosie Grant (1908–1974), American football player
• Rosie Jones (golfer) (born 1959), American professional golfer
• Rosie Manning (born 1950), American football player
• Rosie Napravnik (born 1988) American jockey
• Rosie Ruiz (1953–2019), Cuban-American who briefly "won" the Boston Marathon by cheating
• Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), British charity fundraiser

Writing

• Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951), British journalist and feminist
• Rosie Scott (1948-2017), New Zealand author
• Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), American Wikipedia editor
• R. G. Waldeck (1898–1982), American author

Other fields

• Rosie Barnes (born 1946), British charity organiser and former politician
• Rosie Beaton, Australian radio announcer
• Rosie Boote (1878–1958), Irish chorus girl
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987), British supermodel
• Rosie Stancer (born 1960), English polar explorer

Fictional characters

• Rosie Banks, in the Channel 4 soap opera, Brookside, played by actress Susan Twist
• "Rosie", aka Rosetta Cammeniti, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Rosie Colton, in the BBC soap opera Doctors, played by Janice Connolly
• Rosie Cotton, in the Lord of the Rings series, by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Rosie Fox, in the ITV drama The Bill, played by actress Caroline Catz
• Rosie Fuentes, the main character in the children's TV show Rosie's Rules
• Rosie Grape, from the Christian children's direct-to-video series VeggieTales
• Rosie Hoyland, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by actress Maggie Millar
• Rosie Miller, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Rosie M. Banks, in Jeeves and Drones Club stories
• Rosie Mole, in Adrian Mole novels
• Rosie Webster, in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
• Rosie the Riveter, American propaganda campaign to reduce labor shortages during the Second World War
• Rosie the Rocketeer, an anthropomorphic test dummy used by Boeing for Starliner test spaceflights
• Rosie the Robot Maid, in the animated TV show The Jetsons
• Rosie the Waitress, in commercials for Bounty paper towels, played by actress Nancy Walker
• Rodeo Rosie, on the American children's TV show Sesame Street
• Rosie (Big Daddy), a type of enemy in the popular 2007 video game BioShock and its sequel BioShock 2
• Rosie, a tank engine in the TV show Thomas and Friends
• Rosie, in the Canadian children's TV show Caillou
• Rosie, a baby girl in the animated film A Troll in Central Park
• Rosie, the roundabout in the children's TV show Playdays
• Rosie, a rag doll who was one of the titular characters in the British children's TV show Rosie & Jim
• Rosie, a black widow spider in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life
• Rosie, a cat in the video game series Animal Crossing
• Rosie, an elephant in the novel Water for Elephants
• Rosie, the main character in the CBeebies show Everything's Rosie