Roseana?

[santasmagicnappysack]

Pronounced Rozeena - not Rose-Anna. I think it was once common in Ireland. Could it be due for a revival? Have you ever met a Roseana?

[Heated]

I know Rosheena (young) and a Roseanne (old)but not a Roseana.

Hwr, I would automatically get the pn wrong and assume it was a variant of Roseanna, until you told me, and I suppose ppl will always misspell it, but then ppl misspell my dh's straightforward first name.

Would get the pn right with Rosina but guess you're less keen on the spelling?

[Poohbearsmom]

Im irish and iv never heard of it im afraid... And i wrongly pronounced it roseanna n my head before reading your pn... I do know a rosealee and a rosealeen and think they r really beautiful names

[jabberwocky]

makes me think of rosacea

[skihorse]

Like poohbear, my first question was going to be, how do you pronounce it?
i) Ro-see-ah-na
ii) Ro-see-nah
iii) Ro-shaun-ah

Are you Irish? I have a very unusual Gaelic name which tends not to turn heads north of Aberdeen, but the English have never got it right and I've always had to spell it.

[snotexpectingsnow]

My Grandma's middle name is Rosina. No Irish connection. It was on our list if we'd had a dd.

[MamaLazarou]

Nobody will ever pronounce it properly.

[sparklyrainbow]

Rosina would avoid problems with pronounciation- nice name

[MrsBadger]

I know a Rosina too

[santasmagicnappysack]

Just checked the family records, it was Rosina not Roseana that I was thinking of

[MrsBadger]

well in that case it is lovely and a great idea

[RipMacWinkle]

I love it. But I'm biased as it's a family name.

Although in our family it's mis-spelt (historically!) so everyone who has it has an e in it and not an i.

[MaggieMnaSneachta]

I think of that awful rosanna davidson. i prefer Rosemary for some reason. even though i prefer anna to mary. the combination of rose+anna is just too saccharine.

Rosemary Anna could be Rosanna.

[mathanxiety]

Now Rosina is very nice, much better than going around correcting everyone's pronunciation of Roseana. Have you considered Roisin?