Roa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Roa by the numbers
Roa was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Roa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Roa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riariver mouth; short form of Maria38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Royadream20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Romacitizen of Rome49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronarough island7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rozarose; diminutive of Rosa or Rozalia26 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Roa
Names that are said the same way as Roa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Roua4 in England and Wales (2025)