Roosevelt - Meaning of Roosevelt

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[ 3 syll. roo-se-vel(t), ro-oseve-lt ] The baby boy name Roosevelt is pronounced as RUW-Zeh-VehLT †. Roosevelt is mainly used in English and its language of origin is Dutch. The name Roosevelt means rose field. Its meaning is from the words 'roose' ; 'veld'. The first name is derived from the surname; it has sometimes been bestowed among Americans in tribute to Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), the 26th US president.

The names Rooseveldt, Roosvelt, Rosevelt, and Velte are variant forms of Roosevelt.

See also the related categories, rose, english, tribute (honor), dutch, and americans.

Roosevelt is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1905 with 0.184% of baby boys being named Roosevelt. It had a ranking of #91 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is today used on a very light scale. Among all boy names in its family, Roosevelt was nevertheless the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Roosevelt include the names the name Rooseveldt and the name Rosevelt.

† Pronunciation for Roosevelt: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"