Meaning of the nameRosilene

Female
Latin origin
Ro-si-le-ne

Rosilene is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Rosi- and -lene, explained as an elaboration of Rosa, 'rose', or as a variant of Rosalina.

Meaning

“elaboration of Rosa, 'rose', or variant of Rosalina”

Source: Behind the Name: Rosilene · Behind the Name: Rosa

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People (2022): 110,835
Rank in Brazil: #297
Median age: 44 years
2010 Census: 117,775; people

Rosilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosilene, 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 (43,120 people).

110,428 women 407 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 Rosilene is most common

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

Pará 0.105%
Minas Gerais 0.096%
Maranhão 0.092%
Amapá 0.090%
Rondônia 0.089%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	19,628	0.096%
São Paulo	13,342	0.030%
Rio de Janeiro	9,798	0.061%
Pará	8,494	0.105%
Pernambuco	6,531	0.072%
Maranhão	6,256	0.092%
Bahia	6,165	0.044%
Paraná	4,198	0.037%
Goiás	3,840	0.054%
Ceará	3,699	0.042%
Espírito Santo	3,111	0.081%
Alagoas	2,688	0.086%
Piauí	2,661	0.081%
Paraíba	2,613	0.066%
Amazonas	2,612	0.066%
Santa Catarina	2,352	0.031%
Mato Grosso	2,163	0.059%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,763	0.064%
Distrito Federal	1,517	0.054%
Rondônia	1,400	0.089%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,222	0.037%
Tocantins	1,173	0.078%
Sergipe	1,057	0.048%
Rio Grande do Sul	874	0.008%
Amapá	661	0.090%
Acre	605	0.073%
Roraima	412	0.065%

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

About the name Rosilene

Behind the Name lists Rosilene as a variant of Rosalina or an elaboration of Rosa, a name generally explained by Latin rosa, 'rose'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the formation Rosi- + -lene; its morpheme list links Rosi- to names such as Rosa and Rose, both from Latin, and explains -lene as probably coming from the French -enne or from a piece of names such as Irene and Marlene. The dictionary records Roselene, Rosylene, Rozelene and Rozilene as spelling variants. Almost always feminine, the name was most often given to people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 110,835 people named Rosilene, with a median age of 44; proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Rosilene

What does the name Rosilene mean?

Rosilene means “elaboration of Rosa, 'rose', or variant of Rosalina”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rosilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 110,835 people with the first name Rosilene, which ranks it number 297 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 110,428 women and 407 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosilene?

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

In which Brazilian state is Rosilene most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.105% of the state's population is named Rosilene (8,494 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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