Comments for the name Rosalia

In Spain also the name Rosalía is used, in honor of the patron saint of the Sicilian city of Palermo. From 1273 Sicily belonged to the crown of Aragón, and from ca. 1500 to 1713 it belonged to the Spanish monarchy of Austrias. For that reason the relationship with Spain always was very close. In addition, one of the most excellent poetesses of Hispanic Literature, born in Santiago de Compostela, has the name: Rosalía de Castro.
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This is a lovely name.

"Rosalia" could have a nameday on Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter) is the day of flowers and willows (the names of the other trees also have a nameday). The Bulgarian variant of "Rosalia" is "Rozaliya". "Rozaliya" has a nameday on Palm Sunday.

Beautiful, underused name. I recently chose it as my Confirmation name. (Since my family is from the Palermo area)

As you see, my username is Rosalia. That's my name, and I love it. I was named after my grandmother. Rosalia is a Sicilian saint that had a story. I'll tell you that story.

Before Rosalia was a saint, she was a princess in the 12th century of Palermo, Sicily of Italy. Rosalia was very much in love with God. At an age, she had an arranged marriage. She didn't want to marry the man, though. She told her parents that she would run away with God to a cave. Of natural causes, she died.

In the 17th-century, the plague went around. One day, a hunter had a vision of her. He found her, and then the plague stopped.

So that's the story of Santa Rosalia. I hoped you enjoyed it!

Rosalia is also the Slovak form. Name Day: 4th September.

I adore this name. It's quite funny. I chose this name for a character in my story without knowing it was a real name. I really do adore it!

Slovak pronunciation is "Raw-zah-lya".

It is very fancy, but I like it, sounds so beautiful like a flower. This is my aunt's name, and I like it very much, way better than these modern names.

Such a beautiful name!

Due to Saint Rosalia, this name is very common in Sicily. It's quite a beautiful name.

Such a lovely name.
I like it pronounced Roz-ALL-ee-ah not Roza-Lee-Uh.
Because I don't like the nicknames Rosa and Leah.
I really do love this name!

Actually Rosalia is not generically Sicilian, but specific of the city of Palermo, where it is traditional and still quite common. It is rare in other areas of Italy.

Rosalia is a character of Pietro Germi's film "Divorce Italian style", Ferdinando's (Marcello Mastroianni) ugly and unbearable wife.

The Italian pronunciation is roh-zah-LEE-ah. [noted -ed]

A variant form is the Latin American Spanish Rosaelia (Rosaelia Sepulveda is a famous bearer). Pronounced Row-SAY-lee-ah.

The Spanish form is Rosalía. [noted -ed]

This is a BEAUTIFUL name! However, if you're fluent in Italian, you'll notice that Rosalia is extremely similar to "Rosolia," which means Rubella. This is probably why Rosalia is underused in Italy; it's not a nice connotation. Too bad, because it's a gorgeous name :(
If you don't speak Italian, then this name will be more appealing to you.

So pretty! I think some people unfortunately would end up saying "roz-AH-lia, which seems quite dragged out and ugly when compared to "roz-a-LEE-a".