Meaning:
Its source is ros marinus, a Latin name meaning "Mist of the sea."
Languages:
This girl's name is used in German and English.
Narrative:
This is the name of an aromatic herb, familiar to cooks and garderners. However, the names that appear to make up its two parts, Rose and Mary, are not as easily traced back to their origins.
The name Rose is generally associated not with ros, meaning ''mist,'' but with another Latin word, rosa, referring to the familiar flower. In addition, there are authorities who derive the name from one of two Old English terms, either hrod, meaning ''fame,'' or hros, meaning ''horse.''
Similarly, Mary is most often derived from the Hebrew name Miryam, meaning ''wished-for child.'' However, St. Jerome, among others, associated it with the Latin phrase stella maris, meaning ''star of the sea.''
