Roosevelt

Where Roosevelt comes from

From a Dutch name of a farm, either Rozenveld (one in Zeeland) or Ruiseveld (one in Brabant), from Middle Dutch; the former could be a compound of rose (“wild rose / poppy?”) + velt (“open country; field”) or like the latter of rusch (“rush reed”) + velt, “open land growing with rushes”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roosevelt
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #609 among boys, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Peak, #91
    264 babies named Roosevelt — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1906
    Roosevelt Sykes born
    American blues musician
  4. 1972
    Roosevelt Skerrit born
    Prime Minister of Dominica
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #915.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, given in honor of the presidents.
Namesakes
  • Roosevelt Skerrit · Prime Minister of Dominica, born 1972
  • Roosevelt Sykes · American blues musician, 1906–1983
  • Roosevelt Roberts · American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1994
  • Roosevelt Bouie · American basketball player, born 1958
  • Roosevelt Jones · American basketball player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.