# Roosevelt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roosevelt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An American surname from Dutch; borne by a political family who produced two presidents of the United States.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,003 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,822 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 307,822 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (961 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vɛlt/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## 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”.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roosevelt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roosevelt in the United States and France.

## People named Roosevelt

- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
- Eleanor Roosevelt, American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–19
- Alice Lee Roosevelt, American writer and socialite (1884–1980)
- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, American socialite and the first wife of Theodore Roosevelt (1861–1884)
- André Roosevelt, American filmmaker, explorer, and rugby union player (1879–1962)
- James Roosevelt, American businessman and father of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1828–1900
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American politician (1914–1988)
- Julian Roosevelt, American sailor and banker (1924–1986)
- Theodore Roosevelt Sr., American businessman, father of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (1831–1878)
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American writer and socialite (1906-1975)
- Buddy Roosevelt, actor and stunt man (1898-1973)
- Cornelius Roosevelt, American businessman

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Rockefeller, Rispoli.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.