What does the name Rosa mean?

Rosa means "Rose flower, graceful, Kerala Christian". It is a girl's name of Malayalam origin.

Rosa

Rosa means Rose flower, graceful, Kerala Christian.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	girl
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	R

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Rose flower, graceful, Kerala Christian”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Zariya — Rose, flower, beautiful bloom
Rosamma — Rose Mary, Kerala Christian traditional
Gulab — Meanings families give: Rose flower; beautiful and fragrant; Rose, fragrant flower
Riya — Meanings families give: Singer, graceful; Singer; graceful; goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, Goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, gem
Anika — Meanings families give: Grace, brilliance; Goddess Durga, graceful
Shivangi — Beautiful part of Shiva, graceful

More girls' names of Malayalam origin

Anaswara — Eternal, indestructible
Fathima — Daughter of the Prophet, one who abstains
Aleena — Noble, soft, delicate, silky
Ayisha — Alive, prosperous, wife of Prophet
Jincy — God is gracious, popular Kerala Christian name
Abhirami — Goddess Parvati, pleasing, beautiful

Where this comes from

Rosa has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.