Given name
Rosalba
“resembling the white rose”
Rosalba is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the white rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “resembling the white rose.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosalba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,837
- 0 boys · 2,837 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 101 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,766 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,766 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 101 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,000 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rosalba’s family of names
Rosalba has a related form in Rhoswen. Rosalba has a related form in Rhoswenn. Rosalba has a related form in Rhoswyn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rosalba
- Rosalba CarrieraItalian portrait painter and pastellist (1675–1757)
- Rosalba ForcinitiItalian judokaborn 1986
- ArisaItalian singer-songwriterborn 1982
- Rosalba NeriItalian actressborn 1939
- Rosalba Ciarlini54th Governor of Rio Grande do Norteborn 1952
- Rosalba BerniniItalian artist (1762/3–1829)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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