The first name Rosa

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About the first name Rosa

Meaning

The name Rosa shares the direct meaning of Rose, the flower.

Historical origin

The name Rosa comes from Latin rosa and is an international form of the name Rose.

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The use of Rosa shows how the vocabulary of flowers gradually enriched the repertoire of given names.

Pronunciation:ro-saʁoz.a

Frequency of the first name Rosa by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Rosa by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name RosaLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Rosa in baptisms by year.5037251201795182318511879190719351795–1799 1 baptisms1800–1804 2 baptisms1810–1814 1 baptisms1825–1829 2 baptisms1830–1834 6 baptisms1835–1839 1 baptisms1840–1844 3 baptisms1845–1849 3 baptisms1850–1854 2 baptisms1855–1859 2 baptisms1860–1864 10 baptisms1865–1869 2 baptisms1870–1874 8 baptisms1875–1879 12 baptisms1880–1884 19 baptisms1885–1889 27 baptisms1890–1894 23 baptisms1895–1899 39 baptisms1900–1904 19 baptisms1905–1909 7 baptisms1910–1914 16 baptisms1915–1919 8 baptisms1920–1924 2 baptisms1925–1929 2 baptisms1930–1934 2 baptisms1935–1939 2 baptisms

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