I always liked the name Roosevelt, carried by two American Presidents, Theodore and Franklin Delano. However, I never could make real sense of it. The Oxford Names Companion offered the solution.
It is a Dutch name, built up by “roose” and “velt”. Roose is not that difficult and obviously has to do with roses. Velt is worse. It simply means “open country” in Dutch. The word seems to imply that the land is not cultivated. The name then describes a person that lives on uncultivated open land, overgrown with roses. Quite beautiful I’d say.
It is a Dutch name, built up by “roose” and “velt”. Roose is not that difficult and obviously has to do with roses. Velt is worse. It simply means “open country” in Dutch. The word seems to imply that the land is not cultivated. The name then describes a person that lives on uncultivated open land, overgrown with roses. Quite beautiful I’d say.
PS The picture depicts the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial and comes from Shutterpoint stockphoto.
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