Given name & surname
Rossi
Rossi is a surname from Italian. It is used in English, Italian, and Finnish.
Original ItalianRusso
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rossi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 688
- 294 boys · 394 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,078 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,078 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 903 as a first name in 2020; 25,108 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.
Rossi’s family of names
In Italian usage, Rossi as a surname shares a linguistic root with Russo. In Finnish usage, Rossi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ambrose. In Italian usage, Rossi as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form Roth.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rossi has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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