Rosella

Rosella: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “little rose”
Origin: Latin
Say it: roh-ZEL-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Rosella is a diminutive form built from Rosa, from Latin rosa 'rose.' It can also be understood as a variant of Rosella/Rosella-type elaborations of Rose in English and Italian usage.

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How popular is Rosella?

202424.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Rosella in 202479

2024 rank#2,321 girls

Peak year1906

Total US babies since 188015,914

Rosella is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Rosella

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Rosella questions

What does the name Rosella mean?

Rosella means "little rose". It comes from Latin. Rosella is a diminutive form built from Rosa, from Latin rosa 'rose.' It can also be understood as a variant of Rosella/Rosella-type elaborations of Rose in English and Italian usage.

Is Rosella a boy or girl name?

Rosella is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rosella?

79 US babies were named Rosella in 2024. Its peak year was 1906.

How do you pronounce Rosella?

Rosella is usually pronounced roh-ZEL-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.