Rosella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-ZEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Rosella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little rose”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Rosella mean?
Latin: Italian diminutive of Rosa
“little rose”
An Italian pet form of Rosa; in Australia a rosella is also a brightly coloured parrot.
Is Rosella a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Rosella, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rosella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Rosella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Rosella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Rosella, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,631st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 435 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rosella in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rosella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,631 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,840 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,575 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,575 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 63 | #1,403 |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,383 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 63 | #1,384 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,183 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,265 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,209 |
| 1955 | 94 | #1,033 |
| 1954 | 73 | #1,163 |
| 1953 | 97 | #967 |
| 1952 | 110 | #877 |
| 1951 | 108 | #862 |
| 1950 | 132 | #750 |
| 1949 | 119 | #790 |
| 1948 | 117 | #795 |
| 1947 | 166 | #645 |
| 1946 | 147 | #651 |
| 1945 | 138 | #618 |
| 1944 | 147 | #605 |
| 1943 | 163 | #590 |
| 1942 | 171 | #565 |
| 1941 | 178 | #521 |
| 1940 | 200 | #477 |
| 1939 | 226 | #447 |
| 1938 | 223 | #449 |
| 1937 | 220 | #443 |
| 1936 | 247 | #408 |
| 1935 | 268 | #392 |
| 1934 | 255 | #411 |
| 1933 | 275 | #389 |
| 1932 | 295 | #379 |
| 1931 | 309 | #366 |
| 1930 | 363 | #344 |
| 1929 | 335 | #363 |
| 1928 | 360 | #362 |
| 1927 | 392 | #337 |
| 1926 | 426 | #321 |
| 1925 | 377 | #348 |
| 1924 | 435 | #320 |
| 1923 | 382 | #335 |
| 1922 | 410 | #323 |
| 1921 | 425 | #318 |
| 1920 | 406 | #322 |
| 1919 | 374 | #328 |
| 1918 | 420 | #313 |
| 1917 | 398 | #307 |
| 1916 | 387 | #307 |
| 1915 | 357 | #311 |
| 1914 | 237 | #343 |
| 1913 | 225 | #320 |
| 1912 | 186 | #333 |
| 1911 | 140 | #335 |
| 1910 | 123 | #357 |
| 1909 | 117 | #335 |
| 1908 | 119 | #324 |
| 1907 | 112 | #329 |
| 1906 | 106 | #328 |
| 1905 | 83 | #374 |
| 1904 | 93 | #337 |
| 1903 | 84 | #345 |
| 1902 | 72 | #375 |
| 1901 | 80 | #342 |
| 1900 | 94 | #341 |
| 1899 | 46 | #430 |
| 1898 | 79 | #348 |
| 1897 | 55 | #393 |
| 1896 | 47 | #420 |
| 1895 | 53 | #384 |
| 1894 | 61 | #355 |
| 1893 | 41 | #422 |
| 1892 | 53 | #365 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 |
| 1890 | 33 | #446 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 38 | #394 |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 |
| 1886 | 22 | #459 |
| 1885 | 29 | #380 |
| 1884 | 27 | #385 |
| 1883 | 25 | #366 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 |
| 1881 | 12 | #491 |
| 1880 | 25 | #317 |
Nicknames for Rosella
- Rosie 1,589 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Rosella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa Matilda Rosie Clara Ada Florence Flora Mabel Nora Rose Alma Beatrice
Names related to Rosella
Rosalia Rosalea Roselle Roselie Roselia Rosely Roselee Rosealee
More Latin names
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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, “Rosella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosella, updated 20 October 2026.