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Etymology of Rosenbusch

What does the name Rosenbusch mean?

The surname Rosenbusch is a metronymic surname, which was derived from the female given name Rose or Rosa. To hide the Jewish nature of this name, many varied suffixes were attached to give the name a more literal meaning associated with the rose flower. Thus, the suffix 'baum,' meaning tree, 'bloom,' meaning flower, 'blum,' meaning leaf, 'bush,' meaning bush, and 'berg,' meaning hill, are all popular.

Rosenbusch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rosenbaum, Rosenberg, Rosenberger, Roseberger, Rosenbush, Rosenblum, Rosenbloom, Rosenblatt, Rosenmann, Rosenbach, Rosenbusch, Rosenlith, Rosendorf, Rosendorn, Rosenfeld, Rosengarten, Resnhain, Rosenhaft, Rosenheim, Rosenstracuch, Rosenwein, Rosenkrantz, Rosenscheim, Rosenstamm, Rosenstein, Rosenstock, Rosenstrauss, Rosenzweig, Rosenthal, Rosenwasser, Rosenzweig, Rosenhaus, Rosenwald, Rosenwald, Rosenfarb, Rosenfarb, Rosenkwit, Roskin and many more.


Rosenbusch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosenbusch Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Dora Rosenbusch, aged 23, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1787 1
Rosenbusch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • August Rosenbusch, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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