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Meaning of the nameRosele

Rosele is a Brazilian feminine name whose ending -ele comes from the French -elle and whose beginning recalls the formative Rosa-/Rose-, from the Portuguese word rosa, 'rose'.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,058 people named Rosele, the 7,971st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 47, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosele 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)
1,058
Rank in Brazil
#7,971
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
934
people

Rosele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosele, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (322 people).

1,034 women 24 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 Rosele is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2020.002%
Minas Gerais1310.001%
São Paulo1120.000%
Rio de Janeiro680.000%
Paraná670.001%
Santa Catarina650.001%
Pará640.001%
Bahia570.000%
Pernambuco390.000%
Amazonas360.001%
Goiás320.001%
Maranhão270.000%
Alagoas250.001%
Ceará220.000%
Distrito Federal160.001%

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

About the name Rosele

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Rosele as a Brazilian example of the formative -ele, which comes from the French -elle, and describes Rosa-, Rose- and Rosi- as derived from Rosa or Rose, from the Latin rosae, 'rose'. The meaning of the name as a whole is not recorded. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,058 people named Rosele, with a median age of 47. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The dictionary records the spelling variants Rozele and Roseele.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ele, Rosa-/Rose-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosele · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosele

What does the name Rosele mean?

The meaning of Rosele 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 Rosele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,058 people with the first name Rosele, which ranks it number 7,971 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,034 women and 24 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosele most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Rosele (202 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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