Rosalie

Where Rosalie comes from

From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”). Doublet of Rosalia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rosalie
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1752
    Rosalie Filleul born
    French painter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #250 among girls — 39 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1938
    Peak, #66
    3,758 babies named Rosalie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1946
    Rosalie Abella born
    Canadian jurist
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #171 after sinking to #1,672 in 2007.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
Namesakes
  • Rosalie Filleul · French painter, 1752–1794
  • Rosalie Abella · Canadian jurist, born 1946
  • Rosalie Duthé · French courtesan, 1748–1830
  • Rosalie Crutchley · British actress, 1920–1997
  • Rosalie Roos · Swedish writer, editor, 1823–1898

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.