Given name & surname
Roza
“horse”·“fame”
Roza is a variant of Rose. The rose flower is one clear association. Proposed Germanic roots include words for “horse” or “fame,” so one explanation need not cover every historical use.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roza is a variant of Rose. The rose flower is one clear association. Proposed Germanic roots include words for “horse” or “fame,” so one explanation need not cover every historical use.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roza is a variant of Rose. Rose’s flower association connects it with Latin rosa. Some medieval uses may instead continue shortened Germanic names.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Roza is a variant of Rose. The shared background comes through Rose: Rose may combine several histories: the flower word, its religious symbolism, and shortened Germanic compounds. Rose can also serve as a short form of longer Ros- names.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roza is a variant of Rose. The history of Rose gives this family its wider story. Rose was used in the Middle Ages, with the Latinized form Rohesia appearing in medieval documents.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Roza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 417
- 0 boys · 417 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #6,075 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,075 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,760 as a first name in 2020; 658 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.
Roza’s family of names
Roza has a related form in Rose. In Macedonian usage, Roza is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Роза. In Russian usage, Roza is a transliteration of Роза.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roza has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roza
- Roza EskenaziGreek singer1895–1980
- Roza PapoBosnian Jewish physician and general of the Yugoslav People's Army (1914–1984)
- Roza SalihScottish politician and human rights activistborn 1989
- Roza LallemandFrench chess player (1961–2008)
- Roza AnagnostiAlbanian film actressborn 1943
- Roza ChemerisRussian politicianborn 1978
- Roza Güclü HedinSwedish politicianborn 1982
- Roza Vidyadhar DeshpandeIndian politician1929–2020
- Roza DerejeEthiopian athleteborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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