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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Croatian and Serbian (Rosić) : metronymic from the female personal name Rosa, a pet form of Rozalija, Latin Rosalia.
  • Slovenian (mainly westernmost Slovenia; Rosič) : probably a nickname from the dialect adjective ros ‘russet’ (see Ros 3).
  • Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (Rošić) : unexplained.

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