Roswell
loc · Latin script
Meaning: English surname used as a given name; from a place name
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Roswell is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GAGabon
- FIFinland
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
English surname used as a given name; from a place name
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Roswell, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joseph Roswell Hawleyb. 1826USUnion Army general, politician (1826–1905)
- Roswell Farnhamb. 1827USUnion United States Army officer (1827-1903)
- Roswell Pettibone Flowerb. 1835USAmerican politician (1835-1899)
- Roswell Garstb. 1898USAmerican businessman and farmer (1898-1977)
- Roswell Gilpatricb. 1906USAmerican lawyer
- Roswell Ruddb. 1935USAmerican jazz trombonist and composer (1935–2017)
- John Sandfordb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist and journalist
- Maggie Roswellb. 1952USAmerican actress
- Roswell Hosokib. 1956JPJapanese mangaka
- Roddy Bottumb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 615 | #38,716 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 607 | #35,153 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 573 | #38,582 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 143 | #26,388 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Roswell mean, and where does it come from?
- English surname used as a given name; from a place name Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- In which country does Roswell have the most bearers?
- Roswell is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/roswellThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Roswell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.