Given name & surname
Rosalio
“refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary”·“refers to the rosary”
Rosalio is a variant of Rosario. Interpretations include “refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” (Spanish) and “refers to the rosary” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rosalio is a variant of Rosario. Interpretations include “refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” (Spanish) and “refers to the rosary” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rosalio is a variant of Rosario. An origin associated with Rosario is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosalio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,063
- 2,058 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,575 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,575 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,157 as a first name in 2020; 128 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rosalio’s family of names
Rosalio has a related form in Rosario.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rosalio
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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