Given name & surname
Rosana
“resembling the graceful rose”
Rosana is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rosana is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rosana is a variant of Roseanne. An origin associated with Roseanne is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,554
- 0 boys · 2,554 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,345 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,345 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,200 as a first name in 2020; 127 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.
Rosana’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Rosana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roxana. Rosana has a related form in Roseanne. In Portuguese usage, Rosana has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Rossana.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rosana
- Rosana PastorSpanish actressborn 1960
- RosanaBrazilian association football playerborn 1982
- Rossana San Juanactressborn 1969
- Rosana ArbeloSpanish singer-songwriterborn 1963
- Rosanna SimónSpanish taekwondo practitionerborn 1989
- Rosana Paulinoartist, professor and curator (born 1967)
- Rosana BertoneArgentinian politicianborn 1972
- Rosana KiroskaMacedonian cross-country skierborn 1991
- Rosanah FienngoBrazilian singerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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