as a First Name
(French) form of the Latin name Rosalia (a derivative of rosa ‘rose’), introduced to the English-speaking world in the latter part of the 19th century. St Rosalia was a 12th-century Sicilian virgin, and is the patron of Palermo.
| 748th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 46,003
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 56,582
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Rosalie per capita
- 1938
- marked the height of its popularity
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16%
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