Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Generally this can be considered to be from Latin rosa meaning "rose", though originally it may have come from the unrelated Germanic name Roza 2. This was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy. In the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).
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VariantsRosalía(Spanish) Rosalia(Italian) Rosália(Portuguese) Roos, Rosalie(Dutch) Rosalie(German) Rose(English)
DiminutivesRosita(Spanish) Rosella, Rosetta, Rosina(Italian) Rosinha(Portuguese) Roosje(Dutch) Rosie, Rosy(English)
Other Languages & CulturesRoza, Ruzha(Bulgarian) Rozalija, Ruža, Rozika, Ružica(Croatian) Rozálie, Růžena(Czech) Rósa(Faroese) Rosalie, Rose, Roselle, Rosette, Rosine(French) Rosalía(Galician) Hrodohaidis, Rothaid(Germanic) Rozália, Rózsa, Róza, Rozina, Rózsi(Hungarian) Rós, Rósa(Icelandic) Róise, Róis, Róisín, Rosheen(Irish) Rosalia(Late Roman) Rozālija(Latvian) Rozalija, Rožė(Lithuanian) Roza, Rozalija, Ruža, Ruzha(Macedonian) Rohese, Rohesia, Royse(Medieval English) Róża, Rozalia(Polish) Rozalia(Romanian) Roza, Rozaliya(Russian) Ruža, Ružica(Serbian) Rozália, Ružena(Slovak) Rozalija, Zala(Slovene) Raisa, Raisel(Yiddish)
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