Entry № 8314 · English origin

Primrose Primrose — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRIM-rohz /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"First rose (iconic Hunger Games Primrose Everdeen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "first rose (iconic hunger games primrose everdeen)".

Primrose is from the Middle English primerose (first rose) — from Latin prima rosa (first rose). Princess Primrose — English vintage heritage naming.

and The Hunger Games.

First rose (English).

The name in its native script.

Primrose
Transliteration
Primrose
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɪm.roʊz /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Primrose stands.

Primrose does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Primroses before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Primrose Everdeen
Iconic Hunger Games character.
2008

Names connected to Primrose.

The number behind Primrose.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Primrose reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.