When did Rose become THE middle name?

[Sophcas7]

Rose itself is obviously a very old classic flower name which had its peak in the Victorian era but its use has a middle name seems to have only became ubiquitous in the last 25 years or so.

I was born in the 70s and in my generation most of our middle names were something along the lines of Ann, Elizabeth, Jane, Lynn. The rose middle name trend seems relatively newer to me.

I worked as a midwife in the early 2000s from 2001-2005 and I can’t even tell you how many parents chose “Emily Rose” and other popular names with Rose.

I’m not actually sure if it’s chosen as much any more because mae and grace seem to be getting a lot more common too and I may be wrong but I feel like the rose middle name trend was never popular before the 90s.

There will be a few exceptions obviously, I’m sure there were some considering rose is an old name but possibly just not as many as there have been the past 2 decades.

wasnt Princess Margaret Margaret Rose? I think that’s what started it.

One of my DDs has this middle name as Rose and Rosina was a popular name in our family among the older generations. DD was born 2001 and we wanted to honour those older family members.

My now 18 yr old DD has Rose as a middle name and it was chosen in remembrance of my Nanna - absolutely nothing to do with Titanic 🙄

I wasn’t aware that it was popular at the time she was born and I still love the reason for our choosing it even if lots of other kids have it as a middle name. The person who said it’s good if you have a longer first name is spot on to - the names really flow nicely.

It was always going to be one of DDs middle names (she has 2) as it's got family connections, a Rose and a Rosina. It just happens to be a popular one! Her other middle name comes from MILs mother, DD was her first great grandchild. Not a popular middle name at all, but it does seem to have some MN love when I see it, so maybe that'll be rising in popularity too 😆

1960s: Jane, Anne/Ann, Clare, Marie, Lynne
1970s: Jane, Anne, Louise, Claire, Marie
1980s: Louise, Rose ...

No, because she was born in 1930, and it didn't become the go to middle name until decades later.

My gran was born in the 30s middle name rose, I’m 40 middle name rose, I’m close to a few people ages between 3 and 34 middle name rose. I don’t think it’s a new thing maybe you’ve just never noticed

My daughter is called emily Rose shes 9 named after her nan

All the middle name = Rose girls that I know are in their 20s / teens. See also Grace as a middle name. Slightly younger girls (tweens and below) all seem to have the middle name Mae / May.

When I was a child (1980s), all my peers had the middle name Claire / Louise / Elizabeth.

My younger siblings’ (1990s) friends were all something Jane / Jayne / Marie

@Coconutter24 , we didn't notice because it wasn't ubiquitous until recently.
In my age group, there were very few Roses and they were usually Rosemary, Roseanne etc on the BC.
Anne and Jane were the go to middle names.

On here, I've read many times that Something Rose/May/Grace was named after a grandmother, but the names would have been unusual in the 'grandmother' age group (i.e born 40-70 years ago)

I think that answers OPs question then given that info. It was probably the 80s onwards it became popular

@Coconutter24 ,the one I think of is Philippa Rose Archer born Feb 1993.

It was my mum's middle name - born 1933 - and is one of her granddaughters' middle names - born mid-90s.

Not heard of her, just googled but still don’t know who she is 🙈

Some good points.
I think it’s a lovely name and flows with most names.
I also agree with the poster who mentioned James as a popular middle name for boys.
I think May/Mae is also very popular too.

She's not real but she is annoying.

How many middle names do we actually know of other people though?
Mine's one of the compulsory ones for my age but friends sometimes say " I didn't know your middle name was Esmeralda-Christobel" if it ever comes up.

My grandmother was Ivy Rose and she was born in 1900.

my middle names Rose, I'm in my 30's. My DD's middle name is also Rose. I know more people with the middle name Marie or Louise that are my age, there was only me and another girl with the name rose in my year group.

Born in 88 and it’s my middle name 🤷‍♀️

Will agree that didn’t know anyone who shared my middle name when at school. It was all Claire, Marie, Louise, Elizabeth, Catherine

My grandmother was called Rose. And if I’d have had a girl, that would have been her middle name…

Maybe others are using it after relatives?

@Coconutter24 ,BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Pip Archer

@Mumofgirls2017 , there were some with Elizabeth or Margaret as a middle name.

@Emanwenym
On here, I've read many times that Something Rose/May/Grace was named after a grandmother, but the names would have been unusual in the 'grandmother' age group (i.e born 40-70 years ago)

I think it’s the mother or father’s grandmother they mean, so 3 generations back from the baby (ie 60-100+ years ago)

Agree all this. It flows well with a lot of names and is a pretty name in itself, with an appealing meaning.

Yes, I think that made it quite popular, as I believe her father often included the Rose when referring to her.

And I have to say it softens the Margaret very nicely.