Worldwide, Primrose (Prima 
, Primrose 
, Primerose 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name Primrose is habitual in Indonesia, where it is quite a common epicene name, South Africa, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Bolivia. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Philippines, and South Africa. Also, Primrose is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Prima | South Africa, Philippines, India, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Primrose | South Africa, Philippines, India, Zimbabwe, Indonesia |
| Primerose | South Africa, Philippines, Kenya, United States, Zimbabwe |
| Примроуз | Russia |
Primrose is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Primrose Everdeen , the fictional character, The Hunger Games; Primrose Bracegirdle , the Middle-Earth character; Primrose Azelhart , the character in the 2018 video game Octopath Traveler; Primrose Farmilow , the musical character in the musical Marriage a la Carte by Ivan Caryll and Primrose Larch , the musical character in the musical Pacific 1860, among other works.
| archibald primrose, lord carrington British judge (1616-1679) (b. 1616) |
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| sir james primrose (born 1645) (b. 1645) |
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| archibald primrose, 1st earl of rosebery Scottish politician, GB (b. 1664) |
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| primrose blackall (born 1676) (b. 1676) |
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| archibald primrose, 2nd viscount primrose (died 1716) (b. 1705) |
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| archibald primrose, lord dalmeny (born 1717) (b. 1717) |
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archibald primrose, 4th earl of rosebery British politician (1783-1868) (b. 1783) |
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| primrose elphinstone (1748-1802) (b. 1748) |
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bouverie francis primrose Scottish landowner and official, GB (b. 1813) |
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archibald philip primrose British politician (1847-1929), GB (b. 1847) |
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| archibald primrose, lord dalmeny British politician; (1809-1851) (b. 1809) |
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primrose rupp hinton American journalist (1889-1969), US (b. 1889) |
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| bellamira emma primrose (1846-1882) (b. 1846) |
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| everard henry primrose (1848-1885) (b. 1848) |
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| sir william louis primrose, 2nd bt. (1880-1953) (b. 1880) |
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