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Rosalie
Say it: roh-zah-LEE
Meaning
From Latin Rosalia, the name of a Roman festival of roses, borne by Saint Rosalia of Palermo.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in 18th- and 19th-century France and revived modestly today.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 75,676 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1938, about 1 in 294 girls
- 1,461 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Rosalia |
|---|---|
| English | Rosalie |
Famous bearers
- Rosalie Lamorlière, servant of Marie Antoinette in prison
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.