Meaning of the nameRosélia

Female
Latin origin
Ro-sé-li-a

Rosélia is a feminine name used in Brazil, a Portuguese variant of Rosália, a Late Latin name derived from rosa, 'rose'.

Meaning

“variant of Rosália, a name derived from the Latin rosa, 'rose'”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosélia · Behind the Name: Rosalia

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People (2022): 10,620
Rank in Brazil: #1,635
Median age: 48 years
2010 Census: 11,304; people

Rosélia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosélia, 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 (3,387 people).

10,574 women 46 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 Rosélia is most common

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

Maranhão 0.014%
Paraíba 0.012%
Piauí 0.011%
Paraná 0.008%
Pernambuco 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,103	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	981	0.006%
Paraná	948	0.008%
Maranhão	912	0.014%
Minas Gerais	810	0.004%
Pernambuco	755	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	662	0.006%
Ceará	598	0.007%
Bahia	588	0.004%
Santa Catarina	466	0.006%
Paraíba	457	0.012%
Pará	400	0.005%
Piauí	349	0.011%
Goiás	285	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	204	0.006%
Amazonas	194	0.005%
Alagoas	150	0.005%
Espírito Santo	149	0.004%
Distrito Federal	140	0.005%
Mato Grosso	108	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	77	0.003%
Tocantins	70	0.005%
Rondônia	62	0.004%
Sergipe	52	0.002%
Acre	36	0.004%
Roraima	36	0.006%
Amapá	28	0.004%

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

About the name Rosélia

Behind the Name records Rosélia as a Portuguese variant, used in Brazil, of Rosalia, a Late Latin name derived from rosa, 'rose', which has the form Rosália in Portuguese. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the element Rose- in many Brazilian names as taken from Rosa or Rose, both from the Latin for 'rose'. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,620 people named Rosélia, with a median age of 48. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

Behind the Name: Rosélia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Rosalia · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rosa-, Rose-, Rosi-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Roselia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosélia

What does the name Rosélia mean?

Rosélia means “variant of Rosália, a name derived from the Latin rosa, 'rose'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rosélia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,620 people with the first name Rosélia, which ranks it number 1,635 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Rosélia a boy's or a girl's name?

Rosélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,574 women and 46 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosélia?

Rosélia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rosélia most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.014% of the state's population is named Rosélia (912 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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