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 [ 3 syll. ro-san-na, ros-a-nna ] The girl name Rosanna is pronounced as RowZAENah KEY. Rosanna is used mostly in English, German, and Italian, and it is of various origins. The name is a combination of Rosa and Anna. It was first adopted in the 18th century. The English names the name Rosannagh, Rosannah, Rosanne, and Roseanna are variations of the name. Rosanna is a variation of the English name Rosanne. Another form of Rosanna is the English spelling variant Rosanah. See also the related forms, the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French Anna and the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Rosa. Rosanna is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1983, 0.027% of baby girls were named Rosanna. It ranked at #435 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep fall in frequency, and is currently of sporadic use. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly related to Rosanna, the Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French Anna was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Rosanna include the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Rosana, the English Rosanah, the English Rosannah, the English Ragina, the Indian Rajani, the English Rajena, the English Regena, the English and German Regina, the English and French Regine, the English Reginia, the Polish Reginy, the English Rejina, the French Régine, the English Rigina, the Polish and Russian Roksana, the English Roseanna, the English Rosheena, the English Roshena, the English Roshenna, and the English, German, Italian, and Spanish Rosina. A famous person named Rosanna is Rosanna Arquette, Actress, born 10 August 1959. KEY: Pronunciation for Rosanna: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
