Rosita
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning little rose; diminutive of Rosa.
Rosita by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Rosita. In the US, 33 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 139 babies in 1966, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Rosa
Like Rosita, each of these traces back to Rosa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Rosalinalittle rose; a form of Rosa166 in the US (2017)
- Rosellalittle rose; diminutive of Rosa11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosabellebeautiful rose; a form of Rosa and Belle8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosaleenlittle rose; diminutive of Rosa33 in the US (2017)
- Rozarose; diminutive of Rosa or Rozalia26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosamariarose and beloved; combination of Rosa and Maria20 in the US (2017)
- Rosalearose; a form of Rosalie or Rosa14 in the US (2017)
- Rosaliorose-like; derived from Rosa9 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rosita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosinalittle rose; a form of Rosa12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosiarose; a form of Rosita or Rosa
- Rosierose; from Rose1,343 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rominafrom rome; feminine form of Romanus339 in the US (2017)
- Rosettalittle rose; a form of Rosa46 in the US (2017)
- Rishitadesired or admirable; feminine form of rishi9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a rose
Like Rosita, each of these has a rose in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosalierose; form of Rosa with -lie suffix1,339 in the US (2017)
- Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roselynrose flower; a form of Roselyn or Rose437 in the US (2017)
- Rosalynrose; form of Rosalind or Rosalynn294 in the US (2017)
- Primrosefirst rose; early spring flower259 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rosita
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