Rosa
[ˈroʊzə]Meaning
from Latin rosa, meaning "rose"
Background Story
Rosa is generally taken to come from the Latin rosa, meaning "rose", though it may originally derive from the unrelated Germanic name Roza. It was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy, and in the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. A separate South Slavic name, also spelled Rosa, means "dew".
Related Names
Rosi
A diminutive of Rosa, Rosalie and other names beginning with Ros
Roza
Means "rose" in Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian
Rose
Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis, meaning "famous type".
Rosel
A diminutive of the name Rosa, meaning 'rose'.
Rosette
French diminutive of rose
Rosita
Spanish diminutive of rosa
Dasy
A variant of 'Daisy', which is a flower symbolizing purity and innocence.
Raisa
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Herais; also from Yiddish roiz, "rose"
Rini
A diminutive of Marinus, Marina or Catharina
Rosalia
Late Latin name from rosa, "rose"; also a doublet of Rosalie.