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Roscoe

ROZ-koh

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Deer forest; from the Old Norse 'rá' (roe deer) and 'skógr' (forest).”

Popularity Over Time

Roscoe US popularity rank over timeRank 3535 in 2006 to rank 172 in 1901. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#172#1854#35351900192019401960198020002024

Roscoe is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old Norse

Syllables

2

Nicknames

RosRoz

Style

VintagePlayfulBoldNature

Famous Bearers

  • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (silent film actor)
  • Roscoe Conkling

Collections

Nature Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Preppy & Surname Names → Scandinavian Names → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

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Dashiell

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Barnaby

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Dashiell

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Old Norse origin; primarily English-speaking.

People Also Ask

Deer forest; from the Old Norse 'rá' (roe deer) and 'skógr' (forest).

Roscoe is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Roscoe include Ros, Roz.

Names that pair beautifully with Roscoe include Barnaby, Dashiell, Florian, Cormac, Rafferty.