Meaning of the Irish name Roisin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Roisin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.
MEANING: From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose.” Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a poetic symbol of Ireland, reflecting the Irish tradition of disguising outlawed patriotic verse as love songs where she is told not to be downhearted for her friends are returning from abroad to come to her aid.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ro + sheen”
ENGLISH: Rosaleen
AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Roisin and read along with the meaning)
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I was named after the Dark forbin Rose, of Ireland.
33 weeks pregnant and thinking about Roisin as a first or middle name. It’s my favorite Irish girls name. My husband is from Dublin and we’re really wanting to focus in on Irish names, but I don’t want my babies to be teased in American schools for names that are hard to pronounce. That being said, I love the name Roisin
My full name is Naomh Roisin O’Dowd…and no one can ever pronounce either my first and middle name.
My name is Roisin and I love it but no one can say it. Thay call me raisin or Russian or rosin. Lol.
my name is roisin and most people can’t pronuce it
my name is roisin
I loved this name so much that I named Daughter Roisin. She is so beautiful and the name suites her!
Named Roseleen Rosin O’Carroll, after the dark forbidden rose.
And my great great geart grandmothers.