Rozena
"Why," you ask, "is she listing a name like Rozena?" Eh, well, why not? Actually, in a branch of my family tree there is a Rozena, born in 1854, so I have my reasons, flimsy though they may be. Alright, Rozena. A couple of internet sources say that Rozena is a Native-American name and means "Rose Blossom." I think the chances are good that both those sources found that information in the same book, and since I don't know what book that might have been, I'm noting that here as "something to look up." Behind the Name doesn't list the name at all--and I'm going to stop in a moment and make a link to that site on the sidebar, so I don't have to constantly type the URL. A Google search shows that incidences of Rozena (that makes it sound like a medical condition, doesn't it?) have occurred in places like South Africa and Czechoslovakia (did I spell that even remotely correctly?) so I'm thinking that this may be a name with multiple origins. It struck me on first glance as being some form of Rose--so isn't it odd that the Native-American meaning is supposed to be rose blossom? What's going on here? Popularity-wise, this name just isn't widely used and never has been. I'd consider it useful as a name for an RPG character, or possibly a cat, but I don't believe I'd name my daughter Rozena...then again, now that I've looked at it every time I've typed it, it's sort of growing on me. Labels: cat, female, Native American, rare names, rpg character |
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