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Updated August 7, 2024

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Noted protector; rose; pink
  • Latin : A flower

How Popular Is The Name Rosa

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and Catalan : from rosa ‘rose’ (Latin rosa), applied in part as a topographic name for someone who lived where wild roses grew, in part as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a rose, and in part as a nickname for someone with a pink, rosy complexion.
  • Portuguese and Spanish : in most cases a short form of a name such as (de la) Rosa (Spanish) or (da) Rosa (Portuguese), or occasionally from the female personal name Rosa.
  • Polish and Czech : from the vocabulary word rosa ‘dew’, ‘juice’, ‘sap’, applied as a nickname.

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