Roosevelt (name)

This article is about the surname. For the U.S. political and business family of Dutch extraction, see Roosevelt family. For people named Roosevelt, see List of people with surname Roosevelt. For other uses, see Roosevelt (disambiguation).

Roosevelt
The native European rose.
Pronunciation/ˈroʊz(ə)vɛlt, -vəlt, ˈruːzə-/
Language(s)Dutch
Origin
MeaningDerived from the elements van, roose and velt meaning "from the rose fields"
Region of originThe Netherlands
Other names
Related namesRosevelt, Van Rosevelt, Van Roosenvelt and Van Rosenvelt

The name Roosevelt is an American toponymic surname derived from the Dutch surname Van Rose(n)velt, meaning "from rose field" or "of a rose field." The most famous bearers of this name come from the Roosevelt family, a merchant and political family descended from the 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt.