Given name & surname
Rossano
“woman from the headland”·“from the headland”
Rossano 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
Rossano 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rossano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 8 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 8 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 boys is 8 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 155 as a first name in 2020; 729 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.
Rossano’s family of names
Rossano has a related form in Ross. In Greek usage, Rossano as a surname is a transliteration of Ροσσάνο.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rossano
- Rossano BrazziItalian actor (1916-1994)
- Rossano GaltarossaItalian rowerborn 1972
- Rossano BrasiItalian bicycle racerborn 1972
- Rossano ErcoliniItalian environmental activistborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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