Rozalia
Rozalia is on a clear comeback: more girls were given it last year than in any year since 2000, and the numbers keep climbing. The name means rose, the flower that also gives its short form Róża.
Rozalia Pronunciation
Rozalia is pronounced ro-ZAHL-yah (/rɔˈzalja/).
What Rozalia means
Where Rozalia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rozalia grows from Slavic roots, and its short meaning stays close to the flower it names: the rose, róża in Polish. The word sits inside the name like a seed you can still see.
Polish speakers shorten it easily. Róża stands on its own as a name, and it also works as the warm, everyday form of the fuller Rozalia. There is a variant as well, rozaliia, another way the same name has been written down over time.
Picture the imieniny in early September, when a girl named Rozalia is given her day, some flowers, and a round of wishes from her family. On a school register the name looks formal and complete. Among the people who know her, she is simply Róża. The flower and the name never quite let go of each other, and the meaning holds steady: rose.
When Rozalia celebrates name day
Rozalia appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 4 September.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Rozalia
1 in 1018 women in Poland is named Rozalia. 22,142 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #264 among female names.
Rozalia's popularity over time
1,814 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #46 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Rozalia is most popular
Rozalia is most popular in Podlaskie, 70% above the national average (419 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+19%) and Pomeranian (+18%). It is least common in West Pomeranian and Świętokrzyskie, 27% and 26% below average respectively.
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Podlaskie419 girls born+70%
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Greater Poland957 girls born+19%
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Pomeranian653 girls born+18%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian448 girls born+9%
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Subcarpathian488 girls born+8%
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Masovian1,347 girls born+1%
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Lublin382 girls born−1%
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Lubusz182 girls born−2%
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Lesser Poland831 girls born−2%
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Warmian-Masurian253 girls born−6%
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Łódź427 girls born−10%
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Opole150 girls born−13%
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Silesian733 girls born−14%
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Lower Silesian442 girls born−25%
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Świętokrzyskie154 girls born−26%
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West Pomeranian231 girls born−27%
Rozalia as a middle name
Rozalia is a first name for 22,142 women in Poland and a middle name for another 19,234, a 54/46 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 89th, between Martyna (20,318) and Laura (18,174).
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#87 Angelika20,578
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#88 Martyna20,318
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#89 Rozalia19,234
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#90 Laura18,174
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#91 Amelia17,755