Entry № 8875 · Latin origin

Rosita Rosita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ roh-SEE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Little rose"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "little rose".

Rosita is from the Spanish/Italian Rosita — diminutive of Rosa (rose). Rosita is one of the Spanish + Italian feminine diminutives. Spanish-Italian diminutive in modern Hispanic-American heritage.

Little rose (Spanish-Italian).

The name in its native script.

Rosita
Transliteration
Rosita
Pronunciation
/ roʊˈsiː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rosita stands.

Rosita does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rositas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rosita (Sesame Street)
Latina Muppet 1991.
1991

Names connected to Rosita.

The number behind Rosita.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rosita reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.