Talk:Rosenbaum

German origin
The surname is actually also used by ethnic Germans. My neighbour's surname is Rosenbaum, and he is envangelisch (German protestant). So I changed the sentence to "of German origin". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.153.200.190 (talk)

Translation
Literally Rosenbaum translates to "rose tree", not "rose bush", though rosebush was probably the intended meaning some thousand years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.1.248.66 (talk) 10:57, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * it would not have been thousands of years ago, only hundreds, as this is a germanic language word. Large rose bushes have been called rose trees, due to their size and the thickness of their "trunks", so rose tree can be both literal and appropriate. By the way, im not a fan of disambigs for surnames or first names, but since we have them, i fleshed this out with all the relevant rosenbaums i could find on WP. Actually, although one could search for the name oneself, my having done this makes it somewhat easier to find notable figures (just go here instead), as there are lots of duplicate entries in a search, for Michael, Ron, and Jonathan, along with lots of trivial mentions, and a few who are notable but dont have their own article. so i think i am more sympathetic towards this kind of list now that i see what work goes into it.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)