Male name
Roosevelt
38,024 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1933. Expression number: 5.
Origin
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”.From Wiktionary, entry “Roosevelt”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1933: 1,225 births. 38,024 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1920s to the 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 91st among boys' names in 1905. It really came into use around 1899. It is still given: 187 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
9 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 41 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
6 + 6 + 5 + 5 = 22
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 19 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.