Rosa
Latin at root and a cousin of Polish "róża," it carries the plain sense of the flower: a rose. Most Poles have never met one, but it's slowly finding takers, with more girls given it last year than in most years past.
Rosa Pronunciation
Rosa is pronounced RO-sah (/ˈrɔsa/).
What Rosa means
Where Rosa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rosa is Latin, the plain word for the rose. The name says the flower and nothing more. Spain and Italy took to it early, and the sound settled easily into both languages.
In Sicily the name belongs to Santa Rosalia, patron of Palermo, whose feast fills the city from the tenth to the fifteenth of July. A float shaped like a ship rolls down the Cassaro toward the sea, decked with roses and gilding. Across the Spanish world the name belongs instead to Rosa of Lima, born in Peru in 1586 and canonised in 1671 as the first saint of the Americas.
Polish keeps the name close as Róża, its variant, and marks it on the 23rd of August, the day of that same Rosa of Lima. Read down a school register and a Róża will surprise no one. The root stays plain each time: Latin rosa, the rose.
How many people are named Rosa
1 in 64045 women in Poland is named Rosa. 352 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1601 among female names.
Rosa's popularity over time
10 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #712 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Rosa is most popular
Rosa is most popular in Lesser Poland, 98% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+67%) and Silesian (+58%).
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Lesser Poland5 girls born+98%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+67%
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Silesian4 girls born+58%
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Łódź2 girls born+42%
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Masovian5 girls born+27%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+22%
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+15%
Rosa as a middle name
Rosa is a first name for 352 women in Poland and a middle name for another 355, a 50/50 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 363rd, between Abigail (356) and Bogdana (354).
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#361 Helen357
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#362 Abigail356
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#363 Rosa355
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#364 Bogdana354
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#365 Sabrina353