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Meaning of the nameRosaura

Rosaura is a female name from Spanish, which Behind the Name explains as 'golden rose', from Latin rosa and aurea.

Meaning

“golden rose”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosaura · Wiktionary: Rosaura

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People (2022)
1,710
Rank in Brazil
#5,710
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
1,851
people

Rosaura in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosaura, 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 (629 people).

1,706 women 0 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 Rosaura is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul6760.006%
São Paulo2470.001%
Minas Gerais2140.001%
Rio de Janeiro2100.001%
Santa Catarina790.001%
Paraná420.000%
Goiás240.000%
Espírito Santo240.001%
Bahia210.000%
Amazonas210.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Ceará170.000%
Roraima170.003%
Pará160.000%

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

About the name Rosaura

According to Behind the Name, Rosaura combines Latin rosa, 'rose', and aurea, 'golden'. Wiktionary gives rosa + aurea as the origin of the name, created by Calderón de la Barca in the play Life Is a Dream; Behind the Name, which dates the play to 1635, marks with a question mark that its use there would be the first. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,710 people named Rosaura, with a median age of 60. The name is almost always female, and most of those recorded were born in the 1950s and 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Rosaura · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Rosaura · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosaura · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosaura

What does the name Rosaura mean?

Rosaura means “golden rose”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Rosaura in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,710 people with the first name Rosaura, which ranks it number 5,710 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Rosaura is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,706 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Rosaura?

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

In which Brazilian state is Rosaura most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Rosaura (676 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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