Given name & surname
Rossa
“woman from the headland”·“from the headland”
Rossa is a variant of Ross. Interpretations include “woman from the headland” and “from the headland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rossa is a variant of Ross. Interpretations include “woman from the headland” and “from the headland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rossa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,787 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,787 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 162 as a first name in 2020; 604 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rossa’s family of names
Rossa has a related form in Ross. In Greek usage, Rossa as a surname is a transliteration of Ροσσά. In Greek usage, Rossa as a surname is a transliteration of Ρώσσα.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rossa
- RossaIndonesian singer and actressborn 1978
- Rossa Matilda RichterEnglish aerialist and actor who became the first human cannonball1860–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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