Meaning of the nameRosi

Rosi is a feminine name, a diminutive of Rosa, which goes back to the Latin rosa, the name of the flower.

Meaning

“diminutive of Rosa, the name of the flower”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosi · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário

People (2022): 6,909
Rank in Brazil: #2,188
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 7,171; people

Rosi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosi, 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 (2,533 people).

6,708 women 201 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 Rosi is most common

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

Paraná 0.016%
Santa Catarina 0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
Pará 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Paraná	1,797	0.016%
São Paulo	1,145	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	872	0.008%
Santa Catarina	661	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	483	0.003%
Pará	291	0.004%
Minas Gerais	282	0.001%
Bahia	197	0.001%
Goiás	130	0.002%
Pernambuco	117	0.001%
Mato Grosso	110	0.003%
Maranhão	102	0.002%
Amazonas	98	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	78	0.003%
Espírito Santo	75	0.002%
Ceará	72	0.001%
Alagoas	62	0.002%
Distrito Federal	57	0.002%
Sergipe	52	0.002%
Rondônia	50	0.003%
Tocantins	39	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	28	0.001%
Piauí	28	0.001%
Paraíba	27	0.001%
Amapá	27	0.004%
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 Rosi

Behind the Name records Rosi as a diminutive of Rosa and of other names beginning with Ros-, used in German, Spanish and Portuguese. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil notes that Rosa and Rose come from the Latin rosae, 'rose'. Almost always female, most people with this name were born between 1950 and 1979. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,909 people named Rosi, with a median age of 54.

Sources

Behind the Name: Rosi · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Rosi

What does the name Rosi mean?

Rosi means “diminutive of Rosa, the name of the flower”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Rosi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,909 people with the first name Rosi, which ranks it number 2,188 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Rosi is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,708 women and 201 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosi?

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

In which Brazilian state is Rosi most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.016% of the state's population is named Rosi (1,797 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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