Given name & surname

Rosell

Rosell is a surname. It is used in English and Cebuano.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Rosell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Rosell through the years

Babies since 1880
180
28 boys · 152 girls
Most popular year
1925
19 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
051015192019401960198020002025Highest share 1908Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Rosell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1908–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 as a first name in 2020; 1,785 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.

Rosell’s family of names

Rosell may belong to the same name family as Rosel. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Rosell’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Rosell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Nature

Rosina

“horse” · “fame”

23RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Rosella

“horse” · “fame”

37RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Rosaria

“refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” · “refers to the rosary”

20RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Rosa

“horse” · “fame”

56FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew · Old-fashioned

Carmel

“garden” · “of the fruitful orchard”

29RareRising fast

28% boys · 72% girls

Old-fashioned

Roxie

“born with the morning's first light”

29RareEasing

>99% girls

Literary

Rosaline

Rosaline is a relative of Rosalind with two Shakespearean appearances.

38RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Jewell

“one who is playful; resembling a precious gem”

22RareCooling

21% boys · 79% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Rosell’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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