Given name
Rossana
“resembling the graceful rose”
Rossana is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rossana is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rossana 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rossana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 892
- 0 boys · 892 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,788 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. 16,788 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,878 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.
Rossana’s family of names
In Italian usage, Rossana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roxanne. In Italian usage, Rossana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roxana. Rossana has a related form in Roseanne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rossana has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rossana
- Rossana PodestàItalian actress (1934–2013)
- Rossana RossandaItalian journalist and politician (1924-2020)
- Rossana de los RíosParaguayan female tennis playerborn 1975
- Rossana Di LorenzoItalian actress (1938–2022)
- Rossana GhessaItalian actressborn 1943
- Rossana MartiniItalian actress and model (1926–1988)
- Rossana CasaleItalian singerborn 1959
- Rossana RoryItalian actress (1927–2020)
- Rossana Di BelloItalian politician and mayor (1956-2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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