Rose-Marie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Rosemary.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Rose-Marie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,913 |
| 2000 | 3,893 |
| 2001 | 3,884 |
| 2002 | 5,583 |
| 2003 | 5,583 |
| 2004 | 5,581 |
| 2005 | 5,588 |
| 2006 | 5,595 |
| 2007 | 5,580 |
| 2008 | 5,565 |
| 2009 | 5,560 |
| 2010 | 5,550 |
| 2011 | 5,537 |
| 2012 | 5,508 |
| 2013 | 5,495 |
| 2014 | 5,458 |
| 2015 | 5,426 |
| 2016 | 5,392 |
| 2017 | 5,347 |
| 2018 | 5,304 |
| 2019 | 5,250 |
| 2020 | 5,203 |
Rose-Marie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rose-Marie.Hi! My name is Rose-Marie.
- Rose-Marie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Rose-Marie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Rose-Marie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Rose-Marie this afternoon.
- Rose-Maries mamma är lärare.Rose-Marie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rose-Maries mamma is Rose-Marie's mum.
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Questions about Rose-Marie
How do you pronounce Rose-Marie in Swedish?
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What does the name Rose-Marie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Rosemary.
How popular is Rose-Marie in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Rose-Marie in 2022. In 2020, 5,203 people in Sweden had Rose-Marie as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.