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.

Proper noun

Rosin (plural Rosins)

  1. A surname.

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.

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