Rosaura
Feminine · “rose and gold”
Rosaura is the woman who opens one of the great plays of the Spanish Golden Age. Calderón's drama begins with her arriving in Poland disguised as a man, having been thrown from a horse, and she drives the plot from there. The play has been performed continuously since 1635, and the name belongs to it in Spanish the way Rosalind belongs to Shakespeare in English.
How old is the name Rosaura?
Rosaura first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Rosaura alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 2,200 people named Rosaura are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rosaura most popular?
Rosaura peaked in 1974, reaching #1709 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 11,499 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From rosa to Rosaura
The story of Rosaura
La vida es sueño — Life Is a Dream — is one of the works Spanish literature is measured by, and its heroine has kept the name in circulation for four centuries. Whether Calderón invented it or found it is not settled. The name is used across Mexico and Central America and appears in American records from 1913, peaking in the mid-1970s and concentrated in California. It has the shape Spanish naming likes: three open syllables and no hard consonants after the first.
Meaningscholars disagree
rose and gold, or rose and Laura
Two readings. The name may join the Latin rosa to aura, a breeze or a golden gleam depending on which Latin word is meant; or it may be a blend of Rosa and Laura, which is exactly the kind of compound Spanish makes freely. Calderón may have coined it for the play, which would make it a literary invention with no meaning at all beyond its parts.
How the name formed
- rosa
- Rosaura
Related forms: Rosaura · Rosaura · Rosaura
Pronouncing Rosaura
roh-SOW-rah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, with the middle vowel said as the ow in how. English speakers often say roh-SAW-ruh, flattening it; the Spanish diphthong is the fuller sound.
Nicknames for Rosaura
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 197654 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1709reached in 1974
- Change vs 2023
- −25.0%6 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rosaura in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rosaura in Spanish — same name
- Rosaura in Portuguese — same name
- Rosaura in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Rosauras among us
people named Rosaura are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Rosaura
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Vickii test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rosaura's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vickii climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vickii's path sketches the road Rosaura is walking now.
Rosaura sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Rosaura beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rosaura in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Rosa and Laura are both hiding in it and both are complete standing names.
- It has a documented literary origin in a play still performed everywhere.
- Three open syllables that survive any accent intact.
- It is standard in Spanish rather than an American variation.
- The middle diphthong is regularly flattened by English speakers.
- Rosaura, Rosalva and Rosaria all sit close by and will be written instead.
- It belongs to an older generation in America and carries that flavor.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rosauras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Rosaura are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rosaura in 2025?
- Rosaura ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rosaura?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Rosaura — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rosaura with classmates?
- Rosaura will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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