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Meaning of the nameRosalina

Rosalina is a female name of Germanic origin, a Latinized form of Rosaline and, through it, of Rosalind, a name formed from 'horse' and 'soft, tender'.

Meaning

“form of Rosalind, from Germanic elements meaning 'horse' and 'soft, tender'”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosalind

People (2022)
41,275
Rank in Brazil
#650
Median age
63 years
2010 Census
53,034
people

Rosalina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosalina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (10,693 people).

41,069 women 206 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 Rosalina is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.045%
  2. Paraná 0.042%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.035%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.035%
  5. Rondônia 0.033%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,6350.024%
Paraná4,7730.042%
Minas Gerais4,2600.021%
Bahia2,7440.019%
Rio Grande do Sul2,5940.024%
Pará1,9590.024%
Santa Catarina1,9510.026%
Rio de Janeiro1,7320.011%
Goiás1,4710.021%
Espírito Santo1,3300.035%
Mato Grosso1,2890.035%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,2340.045%
Maranhão1,1940.018%
Piauí6640.020%
Amazonas6220.016%
Rondônia5200.033%
Ceará4730.005%
Distrito Federal4000.014%
Tocantins3690.024%
Pernambuco3460.004%
Amapá1750.024%
Paraíba1270.003%
Roraima910.014%
Alagoas870.003%
Rio Grande do Norte860.003%
Acre790.010%
Sergipe700.003%

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

About the name Rosalina

According to Behind the Name, Rosalina is the Latinized form of Rosaline, a medieval variant of Rosalind, an Old German name formed from hros ('horse') and lind ('soft, flexible, tender'). This is the meaning of the base name, Rosalind; the same site notes that, in the Middle Ages, the spelling was influenced by a Latin phrase meaning 'beautiful rose'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, for its part, includes Rosalina among the traditional names with the element Rosa-, from Rosa, from Latin rosae, 'rose'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,275 people named Rosalina, with a median age of 63. Wiktionary records Rosalino as the male form.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Rosalina · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Rosaline · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Rosalind · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Rosalina · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Rosalina

What does the name Rosalina mean?

Rosalina means “form of Rosalind, from Germanic elements meaning 'horse' and 'soft, tender'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rosalina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 41,275 people with the first name Rosalina, which ranks it number 650 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Rosalina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 41,069 women and 206 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosalina?

Rosalina is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rosalina most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.045% of the state's population is named Rosalina (1,234 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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