Rosin
See also: rosin
English
Etymology
- As a German surname, from the noun Rosine (“raisin”). Also Germanized/Americanized from Slavic forms of this word such as Slovene rozina, Lower Sorbian rozyna, themselves borrowed from the German.
- As an Italian surname, variant of Rosino, pet form of Roso, itself from both Rosa and Rosso.
- As a French surname, pet form or variant of Rose.
- As a Serbo-Croatian surname (Rošin), from a variant of Rosko (converged from several meanings, including rod (“relative”)) or Rosic (related to Rosalia, or from rosa (“dew”)).
- As a Jewish surname, variant of the Yiddish form of Rose (compare רויז (royz)).
- Also as a Jewish surname, Russified from Rosen.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rosin is the 14667th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2028 individuals. Rosin is most common among White (93.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rosin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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