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Rosanna

Gender
Girl
Say it
roh-ZAN-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#681 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,895 for girls

Rosanna is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rose + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).

What does Rosanna mean?

Latin: combination of Rosa and Anna

“rose + grace”

A blend of Rosa and Anna, long used in both English and Italian.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Rosanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Rosanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rosanna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
681st among girls
Babies in 2025
59 about 1 in 4,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Rosanna, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 112 girls.

Half of all the girls named Rosanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 93 girls in the UK were given Rosanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #470, up from #681 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 667th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 112 in 19972025
Rosanna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202559#681
202455#735
202360#661
202259#689
202166#630
202055#730
201963#669
201882#560
201767#673
201665#700
201573#634
201459#722
201347#868
201246#885
201147#844
201049#805
200950#785
200849#773
200755#688
200644#772
200566#555
200469#516
200365#535
200264#517
200149#610
200067#492
199983#424
199885#414
1997112#340
1996105#365

How popular is Rosanna in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,895th among girls
Babies in 2025
58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Rosanna, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 492 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Rosanna than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Rosanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 103 girls in the US were given Rosanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,660, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 492 in 19822025
Rosanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202558#2,895
202484#2,231
202363#2,730
202280#2,319
202163#2,715
202060#2,748
201957#2,891
201864#2,676
201765#2,664
201659#2,866
201568#2,619
201478#2,351
201350#3,217
201260#2,865
201144#3,549
201048#3,359
200947#3,459
200847#3,477
200746#3,530
200658#2,939
200559#2,783
200449#3,123
200354#2,837
200284#2,043
200169#2,300
200055#2,668
199981#1,937
199870#2,080
199791#1,705
1996103#1,537
199588#1,665
199481#1,781
1993115#1,407
1992114#1,419
1991107#1,474
1990139#1,210
1989186#947
1988293#659
1987304#629
1986328#587
1985354#557
1984367#526
1983488#434
1982492#438
1981194#819
1980204#798
1979221#739
1978168#873
1977207#740
1976179#790
1975185#766
1974149#871
1973190#736
1972197#724
1971220#692
1970186#770
1969185#744
1968209#668
1967148#820
1966159#778
1965189#720
1964178#774
1963185#757
1962158#837
1961159#835
1960143#865
1959157#818
1958162#788
1957205#696
1956201#676
1955152#779
1954162#725
1953151#742
1952207#602
1951235#548
1950219#561
1949111#834
194896#884
1947102#869
194664#1,057
194548#1,130
194456#1,045
194357#1,062
194255#1,055
194154#993
194064#894
193957#930
193856#949
193753#950
193650#968
193552#960
193468#815
193354#923
193270#816
193162#871
193062#926
192982#773
192881#794
192793#739
192690#763
192586#794
192494#768
192386#786
192275#845
192185#793
192097#732
191987#752
191886#771
191781#766
191691#717
191579#747
191450#827
191351#738
191233#868
191125#853
191036#705
190929#747
190828#729
190721#819
190631#642
190518#872
190427#668
190324#680
190222#734
190116#829
190019#860
189924#629
189823#679
189718#735
189627#594
189528#565
189414#812
189328#520
189226#540
189123#541
189015#693
188923#532
188817#612
188718#524
188615#572
188521#459
188420#449
188318#451
188215#475
18818#623
18807#679

Nicknames for Rosanna

Names like Rosanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rosa, Laura, Flora, Rebecca, Priscilla, Victoria, Serena, Anna, Roma, Maria, Alma, Julia

Other spellings of Rosanna

Roseanna, Rosana

Names related to Rosanna

Roseanne, Rosie-Ann, Roseann, Rosanne, Rossana

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosanna, updated 20 October 2026.