Rosalba

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rosalba is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name8.1K records spelled Rosalba2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada

  Also written Rosálba

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rosalba is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, composto de Rosa e Alba

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme composée d’origine latine, signifiant « rose blanche ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Italien, de rosa « rose » + alba « blanche ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Composé de rosa + alba « blanche ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, From Latin rosa alba, “white rose”.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 96 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rosalba Carrierab. 1675ITItalian portrait painter and pastellist (1675–1757)
• Rosalba Nerib. 1939ITItalian actress
• Rosalba Benzonib. 1942ITItalian politician
• Rosalba Grottesib. 1946ITItalian actress
• Rosalba Bongiovannib. 1949ITItalian actor
• Rosalba Cesinib. 1950ITItalian politician
• Rosalba Ciarlinib. 1952BR54th Governor of Rio Grande do Norte
• Mercedes Aráozb. 1961PEnot in their usual namePeruvian economist and politician
• Arisab. 1982ITnot in their usual nameItalian singer-songwriter
• Rosalba Forcinitib. 1986ITItalian judoka

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 594 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rosalba?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Rosalba (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Rosalba have the most bearers?

Rosalba is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled rosalba.

How common is Rosalba compared with other names?

In Mexico, Rosalba is the 255th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Rosalba a male or female name?

Rosalba is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Rosalba mean?

Recorded meaning: Del latín rosa 'rosa' y alba 'blanca': 'rosa blanca'.