Roosevelt (name)
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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).
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.
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Pronunciation | /ˈroʊz(ə)vɛlt, -vəlt, ˈruːzə-/ |
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Language(s) | Dutch |
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Meaning | Derived from the elements van, roose and velt meaning "from the rose fields" |
Region of origin | The Netherlands |
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Related names | Rosevelt, Van Rosevelt, Van Roosenvelt and Van Rosenvelt |
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