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English
Etymology
The surname derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland, from Brythonic words meaning "tree" + "moor", changed by folk etymology because of phonetic resemblance to primrose. The given name is one of the 19th-century flower names.
Proper noun
Primrose
- A habitational surname.
- (rare, chiefly Britain) A female given name from English.
1929, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 8, in More of Milly-Molly-Mandy:Mother said, "How do you like Primrose? It sounds fresh and pretty." Milly-Molly-Mandy thought it sounded a very nice name. - - - And then she decided, as the baby had come in the spring-time, it had better be Primrose.
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