Across the world, רוטס (Roots 
, Roets 
, רוטס 
) is a rare unisex forename. The first name רוטס is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare female name, Egypt, where it is a very rare male name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Egypt. More prevalently, רוטס is the last name as well as the forename.