Girl's name
Róis
“ROHSH”
IPA: /ɾˠoːʃ/
Woulfe derives it from a Germanic word for 'horse', by way of Norman Rohais; the flower-name Rose came separately from Latin rosa
The story behind the name
Brought in, Woulfe thinks, by the Anglo-Normans, and borne by a lady of the Maguires early in the 16th century. He makes a point of saying that Róis was a woman's name in Ireland long before St Rose of Lima, whose own name does come from the flower.
Surnames built on this name
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