MEANING & HISTORY
What does Rosalie mean?
Rosalie is the French form continuing Latin Rosalia, derived from rosa, rose. The change of ending reflects French transmission rather than a second root meaning.
The saint-name history helped establish it as a personal name independently of modern flower-naming trends. Rosalie and Rosalia are related complete forms, so neither should be treated as a correction of the other.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”). Doublet of Rosalia.
A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
Wiktionary: Rosalie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Rosalie in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Rosalie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Rosalia·Rose-derived Latin name
- Rosalina♀Latinate Rosaline, from the Rosalind name family
- Rosalino·Masculine Rosalina, in the Rosalia rose-name family
- Rosario♀Rosary
- Roselle♀Diminutive of Rose; also a flowering-plant association
- Rosie♀Affectionate form of Rose and related names
- Leslie♀From the Scottish place name Leslie
- Natalie♀Christmas or the birthday of Christ
What rhymes with Rosalie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Rosalie further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Rosalie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Rosalie (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: rosalie (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.