Rozetta
Feminine · “little rose”
Rozetta is Rosetta, the Italian little rose, written with a z that shows how the s between vowels is often said. The name belongs in American music to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel star who played electric guitar like no one before her.
How old is the name Rozetta?
Rozetta first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Rozetta alive today was born around 1949, making them about 76 years old. About 300 people named Rozetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rozetta most popular?
Rozetta peaked in 1943, reaching #1949 nationally. See the whole 1943 chart.
Where it comes from
From rosa to Rozetta
The story of Rozetta
Sister Rosetta Tharpe sang gospel in churches and in nightclubs and played an electric guitar with a force and distortion that later rock musicians cited as a model; she is often called the godmother of rock and roll. The word behind her name has traveled too. A rosette was first a little rose, then any ornament shaped like one: a carved stone flower, the rosette window of a church, and the ribbon rosette pinned on prize-winners. Rozetta keeps the Italian shape and writes the middle as many people say it.
Meaning
little rose
Rosetta is the Italian diminutive of Rosa, rose. Rozetta spells it with a z for the buzzing s sound.
How the name formed
- rosa
- Rosetta
- Rozetta
Related forms: Rosetta · Rosette · Rosita
Pronouncing Rozetta
roh-ZET-uh
Stress on the second syllable. The z is said as in zoo.
Nicknames for Rozetta
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
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 194922 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1949reached in 1943
- Change vs 1980
- 0.0%5 in 1983, from 5
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.
Rozetta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rosetta in Italian — same name
- Rosette in French — same name
- Rosita in Spanish — related form
Rozettas among us
people named Rozetta are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rozetta sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its meaning, little rose, is clear and warm.
- Rose and Zetta give two different short forms.
- It connects to a celebrated American musician.
- People will write Rosetta, and the z will need spelling out.
- Many will think first of the Rosetta Stone.
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- How many Rozettas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Rozetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Rozetta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Rozetta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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