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Meaning of the nameRosali

Rosali is a female name of uncertain origin, with the most records among people born in the 1950s and 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,276 people named Rosali, the 3,060th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 57, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosali is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
4,276
Rank in Brazil
#3,060
Median age
57 years
2010 Census
4,950
people

Rosali in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosali, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,487 people).

4,251 women 25 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rosali is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rosali in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  5. Paraná 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,0780.002%
Rio de Janeiro4990.003%
Rio Grande do Sul4580.004%
Minas Gerais3740.002%
Santa Catarina3490.005%
Paraná3120.003%
Pernambuco1940.002%
Bahia1710.001%
Ceará1190.001%
Espírito Santo1140.003%
Goiás850.001%
Pará780.001%
Rio Grande do Norte680.002%
Mato Grosso630.002%
Paraíba450.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul400.002%
Maranhão370.001%
Alagoas320.001%
Amazonas280.001%
Piauí270.001%
Distrito Federal230.001%
Sergipe230.001%
Rondônia220.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rosali

The origin of the name Rosali is uncertain, and no meaning is documented for it. It begins with Ros-, like the element Ros(a)-, Rose- and Rosi-, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a fragment of given names such as Rosa and Rose, from the Latin rosae, 'rose'; the formation of Rosali itself is not documented. The dictionary lists Rosaly, Rozali and Rosalir as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,276 people named Rosali, almost always women, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosali · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (elemento Ros(a)-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Rosali

What does the name Rosali mean?

The meaning of Rosali is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rosali in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,276 people with the first name Rosali, which ranks it number 3,060 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Rosali a boy's or a girl's name?

Rosali is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,251 women and 25 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosali most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rosali (349 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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