Gender Feminine
Usage Hungarian
Pronounced Pron. RO-zhaw  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "rose" in Hungarian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Related Names

VariantsRóza, Rozália
DiminutiveRózsi
Other Languages & CulturesRoza, Ruzha(Bulgarian) Rosa(Catalan) Rozalija, Ruža, Rozika, Ružica(Croatian) Rozálie, Růžena(Czech) Rosa(Danish) Roos, Rosa, Rosalie, Roosje(Dutch) Rosa, Rosalie, Rose, Rosalee, Rosie, Rosy(English) Rósa(Faroese) Roosa, Rosa(Finnish) Rosalie, Rose, Roselle, Rosette, Rosine(French) Rosalía(Galician) Rosa, Rosalie(German) Rós, Rósa(Icelandic) Róise, Róis, Róisín, Rosheen(Irish) Rosa, Rosalia, Lia, Rosella, Rosetta, Rosina(Italian) Rosalia(Late Roman) Rozālija(Latvian) Rozalija, Rožė(Lithuanian) Roza, Rozalija, Ruža, Ruzha(Macedonian) Rosa(Norwegian) Róża, Rozalia(Polish) Rosa, Rosália, Rosinha(Portuguese) Rozalia(Romanian) Roza, Rozaliya(Russian) Ruža, Ružica(Serbian) Rozália, Ružena(Slovak) Rozalija, Zala(Slovene) Rosa, Rosalía, Rosita(Spanish) Rosa(Swedish) Raisa, Raisel(Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsRózsa, Ruzsa(Hungarian)

Name Days

Hungary: August 30

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Entry updated October 11, 2012