Roise: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Roise is an Irish girl's name meaning “rose.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Irish spelling
- Róise
- Meaning
- Rose
- Gender
- Girl
- English forms
- Rose
- Popularity in Ireland
- No. 103 for girls (2025)
How do you pronounce Roise?
Roise is pronounced ROE-sha. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Other spellings: Róis.
What does Roise mean?
Róise is an Irish form of Rose, and it has long been linked with rós, the Irish word for the flower. The name itself came to Ireland with the Anglo-Normans, whose Roese or Rohais was probably of Germanic origin, and Patrick Woulfe notes that it was borne by a lady of the Maguires in the early 16th century.
Róis is another Irish form of the name, and its best-known pet form is Róisín, “little rose.” Róise Rua (Róise Mhic Ghrianna, 1879–1964), the Arranmore singer and storyteller whose songs were collected and recorded in the 1950s, is one of its most celebrated bearers.
Sources: Behind the Name, Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923), en.wiktionary.org, Wikipedia, rte.ie.
How popular is Roise in Ireland?
In 2025, 46 baby girls in Ireland were named Róise, which made it No. 103 that year. That's up from No. 215 ten years earlier. It first appears in the records in 1981, with 3 baby girls.
See the numbers by year
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | No. 103 (Róise) |
| 2024 | 37 | No. 123 (Róise) |
| 2023 | 28 | No. 168 (Róise) |
| 2022 | 24 | No. 195 (Róise) |
| 2021 | 32 | No. 154 (Róise) |
| 2020 | 27 | No. 173 (Róise) |
| 2019 | 28 | No. 180 (Róise) |
| 2018 | 30 | No. 176 (Róise) |
| 2017 | 27 | No. 189 (Roise) |
| 2016 | 21 | No. 228 (Roise) |
| 2015 | 24 | No. 215 (Roise) |
| 2014 | 18 | No. 274 (Roise) |
| 2013 | 19 | No. 265 (Roise) |
| 2012 | 22 | No. 237 (Roise) |
| 2011 | 21 | No. 250 (Roise) |
| 2010 | 9 | No. 475 (Roise) |
| 2009 | 11 | No. 410 (Roise) |
| 2008 | 18 | No. 281 (Roise) |
| 2007 | 9 | No. 431 (Roise) |
| 2006 | 10 | No. 367 (Roise) |
| 2005 | 9 | No. 372 (Roise) |
| 2004 | 9 | No. 340 (Roise) |
| 2003 | 13 | No. 263 (Roise) |
| 2002 | 3 | No. 620 (Roise) |
| 2001 | 5 | No. 441 (Roise) |
| 1999 | 3 | No. 528 (Roise) |
| 1981 | 3 | No. 533 (Roise) |
Roise in Ogham
Ogham is the oldest way of writing Irish. It was carved along the edges of standing stones, mostly between the 4th and 6th centuries, and read from the bottom up. In later tradition each letter was named after a tree or plant. Here’s Roise, letter by letter.
- RRuis, elder
- OOnn, gorse
- IIodhadh, yew
- SSail, willow
- EEadhadh, aspen
Write any name in Ogham with our Ogham translator
Names that go with Roise
Questions about Roise
- How do you pronounce Roise?
- Roise is pronounced ROE-sha. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Roise mean?
- Roise means “rose.”
- Is Roise a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Roise is a girl's name.
- How do you spell Roise in Irish?
- In Irish it's spelled Róise. That's the spelling most parents in Ireland now register, according to the Central Statistics Office.
- What is Roise in English?
- The English form of Roise is Rose.
- How popular is Roise in Ireland?
- In 2025, Róise was No. 103 for girls in Ireland, with 46 babies, according to the Central Statistics Office. That's the highest it has ever ranked.