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Feminine

Rosalie

/ˈroʊ.zə.li/

Rose

FrenchLatin

How to say it

RO · za · lie

/ˈroʊ.zə.li/

What it means

French form of Latin Rosalia, derived from rosa (the flower). Saint Rosalia of Palermo (12th century) is the patroness of Palermo; Twilight's Rosalie Hale (2005) gave it modern English-language anchor.

Rosalie is the French form of the Latin Rosalia, derived from rosa (the rose). Saint Rosalia of Palermo (Santa Rosalia) was a 12th-century Sicilian hermit and patroness of Palermo; the ancient Roman festival of Rosalia honored the dead with roses. The English Rosalie was steady in the early 20th century, dropped, and is climbing again with the broader vintage-revival wave. Twilight's Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed in the 2008-2012 films) gave the name a 21st-century anchor. It entered the US top 200 in 2019. Common shorts: Rose, Rosie, Lia.

Popularity over time

#10 #100 #1000 #1 #167718802025

peaked at #66 in 1938, currently #171 in 2025.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving

Heads-up notes

  • Pop culture

    Rosalia (the Spanish singer) gave the Spanish-spelling form modern currency; Twilight's Rosalie Hale gave the English spelling 2010s anchor.

Who's worn it

Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.

  • Saint Rosalia of Palermo 12th-century Sicilian hermit, patroness of Palermo
  • Rosalie Hale Vampire character in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga
  • Rosalía Spanish singer, Motomami and El Mal Querer (Rosalía spelling)

Spelling variants

  • Rosalia
  • Rosalía