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Boy · Germanic
Rosendo
Say it: roh-SEN-doh
Meaning
From Germanic Hrodsind (Latin Rudesindus): hrod 'fame' with a second element probably meaning 'path, journey'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1930s
In the United States
- 5,293 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1930, about 1 in 18,300 boys
- 26 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Portuguese | Rosendo |
|---|---|
| Catalan | Rossend |
Famous bearers
- Saint Rosendo (Rudesind), Galician bishop and founder of Celanova abbey
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.