Given name
Rossanna
“resembling the graceful rose”
Rossanna is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rossanna is a variant of Roseanne. One English interpretation is “resembling the graceful rose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rossanna 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rossanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 0 boys · 62 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 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.
Rossanna’s family of names
Rossanna has a related form in Roseanne. In Italian usage, Rossanna has a conventional equivalent in the German form Roxane.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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