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Etymology of Rosenwald

What does the name Rosenwald mean?

The surname Rosenwald is a metronymic surname, which was derived from the female given name Rose or Rosa. To hide the Jewish nature of this name, many varied suffixes were attached to give the name a more literal meaning associated with the rose flower. Thus, the suffix 'baum,' meaning tree, 'bloom,' meaning flower, 'blum,' meaning leaf, 'bush,' meaning bush, and 'berg,' meaning hill, are all popular.

Rosenwald Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rosenbaum, Rosenberg, Rosenberger, Roseberger, Rosenbush, Rosenblum, Rosenbloom, Rosenblatt, Rosenmann, Rosenbach, Rosenbusch, Rosenlith, Rosendorf, Rosendorn, Rosenfeld, Rosengarten, Resnhain, Rosenhaft, Rosenheim, Rosenstracuch, Rosenwein, Rosenkrantz, Rosenscheim, Rosenstamm, Rosenstein, Rosenstock, Rosenstrauss, Rosenzweig, Rosenthal, Rosenwasser, Rosenzweig, Rosenhaus, Rosenwald, Rosenwald, Rosenfarb, Rosenfarb, Rosenkwit, Roskin and many more.


Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenwald (post 1700) +

  • Nina Rosenwald, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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