Meaning of the nameRosenita
- Female
- Ro-se-ni-ta
Rosenita is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, recorded mainly among people born from the 1960s to the 1980s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 970 people named Rosenita, the 8,470th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 55, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Rosenita 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)
- 970
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,470
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,091
- people
Rosenita in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Rosenita, 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 (310 people).
966 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 Rosenita is most common
States with the highest share of people named Rosenita in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 384 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 132 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 63 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 47 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 40 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 29 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 29 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 28 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 27 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Rosenita
The origin of Rosenita is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 970 people named Rosenita, with a median age of 55. The name is almost always female and peaks in the 1960s. It begins with Rose-, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a fragment of Rosa or Rose, from Latin rosa, but how Rosenita itself was formed is not known for certain.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Rosenita
What does the name Rosenita mean?
The meaning of Rosenita 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 Rosenita in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 970 people with the first name Rosenita, which ranks it number 8,470 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Rosenita a boy's or a girl's name?
Rosenita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 966 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Rosenita most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Rosenita (384 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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