Fun Facts About the Name Rosi
- 431 babies named Rosi: U.S. records list 431 babies given the name Rosi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rosi Mean?
Rosi is a familiar, diminutive form of the name Rose and of its close relatives Rosa and Rosie. Its root is the Latin rosa, the word for the rose flower, so the name's sense is "rose" and, with the added diminutive ending -i, "little rose." The deeper origin of Latin rosa is uncertain: it is often linked to the Greek rhodon ("rose"), but whether Greek borrowed from Latin, Latin from Greek, or both from an older Mediterranean source is not settled.
Rosi is a spelling rather than a separate word, so it carries the meaning of the rose name. In German it usually shortens a longer rose-based name such as Rosemarie, Rosa, or Rosalia, and in German the ending -i is a common way of making an affectionate short form, as in Susi and Lisi. It should not be confused with Roswitha, whose first element is a Germanic word and not the rose name at all.
Rosi Name History & Origins
The rose name entered European naming through Latin rosa. Rosa was in use as a personal name in medieval Italy and Spain, and it was reinforced by the rose's role as a symbol of the Virgin Mary in Christian tradition. Two Italian saints carried it: Rose of Viterbo (1233 - 1251) and, later, Rose of Lima (1586 - 1617), a Peruvian canonized in 1671 whose cult spread the name in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond.
In English, Rose is a medieval given name, and Rosie arose as a pet form of it. Rosi is the spelling used in German-speaking countries and also in Italy and Spain; in German it most often stands for a compound such as Rosemarie. The single-i spelling also appears in English as a variant of Rosie.
How Popular is the Name Rosi?
Rosi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #4,479 in 1957.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,589 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #8,305 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #13,194 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,309 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #14,916 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,428 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #12,225 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #15,570 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #8,780 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #11,663 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #8,405 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #11,794 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #11,093 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #13,131 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #8,623 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #7,621 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #19,869 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #8,437 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #7,778 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #11,635 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #12,511 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #15,362 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #17,548 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,950 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #17,045 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,119 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #5,310 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #10,592 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #13,013 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #7,497 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #8,554 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #10,250 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #6,896 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #11,105 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #14,003 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #6,669 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #9,951 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #8,973 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #11,497 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,872 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #8,960 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #8,406 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #6,624 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #7,416 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,976 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,479 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #5,828 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #5,113 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #6,256 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #5,954 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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