Rosalia
Barely used through the 2000s, it's now climbing: more newborn girls got it last year than in years past. Latin at root, meaning "rose". Meeting one is still memorable: only a small circle of Polish women carry it.
Rosalia Pronunciation
Rosalia is pronounced ro-SAHL-yah (/rɔˈsalja/).
What Rosalia means
Where Rosalia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rosalia comes from Latin, from the word rosa, the rose. The short meaning holds no mystery. It means rose.
Ancient Rome kept a spring festival called Rosalia, when people laid roses on the graves of the dead. Some scholars trace the given name to that custom rather than straight from the flower. Both roads reach the same bloom.
The name became Italian through Rosalia of Palermo, a hermit of the twelfth century who became the city's patron saint. Palermo still honors her every July in the Festino di Santa Rosalia. Sicily made this rose its own.
On a Polish class register the name reads plainly, Rosalia, no diminutive beside it. The full Latin word simply stands there, rosa, the rose.
How many people are named Rosalia
1 in 165763 women in Poland is named Rosalia. 136 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2837 among female names.
Rosalia's popularity over time
14 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #623 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Rosalia is most popular
Rosalia is most popular in Lesser Poland, 217% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+184%) and Silesian (+164%).
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Lesser Poland6 girls born+217%
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West Pomeranian2 girls born+184%
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Silesian5 girls born+164%
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Łódź2 girls born+89%
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Greater Poland3 girls born+67%
Rosalia as a middle name
Rosalia is a first name for 136 women in Poland and a middle name for another 67, a 67/33 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 833rd, between Kelly (67) and Anja (66).
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#831 Kathrin67
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#832 Kelly67
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#833 Rosalia67
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#834 Anja66
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#835 Cynthia66