Meaning of the nameRosaria

Rosaria is a feminine name, the Italian feminine form of Rosario, which means 'rosary' and comes from the title of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Meaning

“rosary, the prayer beads; feminine form of Rosário”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosaria · Behind the Name: Rosario

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People (2022): 10,941
Rank in Brazil: #1,603
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 13,707; people

Rosaria in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosaria, 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 (2,758 people).

10,888 women 53 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 Rosaria is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	2,769	0.014%
São Paulo	2,711	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	942	0.006%
Paraná	522	0.005%
Goiás	477	0.007%
Bahia	439	0.003%
Pará	426	0.005%
Maranhão	356	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	310	0.003%
Amazonas	310	0.008%
Espírito Santo	240	0.006%
Mato Grosso	205	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	174	0.006%
Santa Catarina	164	0.002%
Pernambuco	137	0.002%
Piauí	132	0.004%
Distrito Federal	126	0.005%
Ceará	114	0.001%
Tocantins	92	0.006%
Rondônia	81	0.005%
Paraíba	47	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	34	0.001%
Acre	34	0.004%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Alagoas	23	0.001%
Amapá	23	0.003%
Roraima	20	0.003%

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

About the name Rosaria

Behind the Name records Rosaria as the Italian feminine form of Rosario, a name meaning 'rosary' that comes from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Rosario; the root is Latin rosarium. In Portuguese, rosário, the Catholic prayer beads, is a learned borrowing from Latin rosārium, according to Wiktionary. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Rozaria as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,941 people named Rosaria, with a median age of 59; proportionally, the name is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

Behind the Name: Rosaria · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Rosario · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: rosário · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosaria · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosaria

What does the name Rosaria mean?

Rosaria means “rosary, the prayer beads; feminine form of Rosário”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rosaria in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,941 people with the first name Rosaria, which ranks it number 1,603 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Rosaria is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,888 women and 53 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosaria?

Rosaria is a name of Latin and Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rosaria most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.014% of the state's population is named Rosaria (2,769 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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