# Roosevelt

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vɛlt/ · frequency rank #8,480

## Definitions
1. An American surname from Dutch; borne by a political family who produced two presidents of the United States.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, given in honor of the presidents.
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21. A village in Rivadavia Partido, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
22. A river in Brazil, formerly named the River of Doubt but named after Theodore Roosevelt following his 1913-14 expedition there.
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## Etymology
From a Dutch name of a farm, either Rozenveld (one in Zeeland) or Ruiseveld (one in Brabant), from Middle Dutch; the former could be a compound of rose (“wild rose / poppy?”) + velt (“open country; field”) or like the latter of rusch (“rush reed”) + velt, “open land growing with rushes”.

## Common misspellings (13)
`orosevelt`, `rooesvelt`, `rooseevlt`, `roosevellt`, `rooseveltt`, `roosevetl`, `roosevlet`, `roosevvelt`, `roossevelt`, `roosveelt`, `rosevelt`, `rosoevelt`, `rroosevelt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roosevelt