Rosa is a female given name, especially in the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages.
Notable people with the name include: Archduchess Rosa of Austria (1906–1983), Austrian princess Rosa Albach-Retty (1874–1980), Austrian film and stage actress Rosa Asmundsen (1846–1911), Norwegian actress and singer Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), French journalist and poet Rosa Balistreri (1927–1990), Sicilian musician Rosa Benozzi Balletti (1701–1758), Italian-French actress Rosa Blasi (born 1972), American actress Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), French artist Rosa Bouton (1860–1951), American chemist and professor Rosa Cedrón (born 1972), Spanish Galician singer and cellist Rosa Cobo Bedía (born 1956), Spanish feminist, writer, and professor Rosa de Carvalho Alvarenga (fl. 1857), African slave trader
Rosa DeLauro (born 1943), American politician Rosa Díez (born 1952), Spanish politician Rosa Diletta Rossi (born 1988), Italian actress Rosa Donato (1808–1867), Italian revolutionary from Sicily Rosa Egipcíaca (1719–1771), Brazilian writer Rosa Eriksen (born 1990), Danish politician Rosa Errera (1864–1946), Italian writer Rosa Estebanez (1927–1991), Cuban-born American sculptor Rosa Faccaro (1931–2019), Argentine art critic, painter and university teacher Rosa Fuentes (born 1965), Mexican swimmer Rosa Guerra (1834–1864), Argentine educator, journalist, writer Rosa Gumataotao Rios (born 1965), American government official Rosa Horn (1880–1976), American preacher and church leader Rosa Howlett (1863–1961), British artist and suffragette Rosa Janku (1882–1944) Austrian resistance fighter during World War II Rosa Jochmann (1901–1994), Austrian resistance activist and Ravensbrück survivor who became a politician (SPÖ) Rosa Junck (1850–1929), Czech Esperantist, educator, translator and opera singer Rosa Kerschbaumer-Putjata (1851–1923), Russian-Austrian ophthalmologist who was the first female doctor in Austria Rosa Kershaw Walker (1840s–1909), American author, journalist, newspaper editor Rosa Koian, human rights and environmentalism activist from Papua New Guinea Rosa Leal de Pérez (1953-2025), Guatemalan psychologist Rosa Lemberg (1875–1959), a Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor Rosa López (born 1981), also known as Rosa, a Spanish singer and dancer Rosa Louise Woodberry (1869–1932), American journalist, educator Rosa Loy (born 1958), German illustrator and painter Rosa Lund (born 1986), Danish politician Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish communist leader Rosa Maria Gilart Jiménez (1810–1880), Spanish embroiderer Rosa Maria Rössler (1901–1954) Austrian-born Turkish medical doctor and translator Rosa Mayreder (1958–1938), Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist Rosa Mbinge-Tjeundo (born 1972), Namibian politician Rosa Mendes (born 1979), half Costa Rican and half Czech professional wrestler Rosa Menga (born 1992), Italian politician Rosa Miller Avery (1830–1894), American abolitionist, political reformer, suffragist, writer Rosa Monfasani (born 1944), Argentine librarian and educator Rosa Mota (born 1958), Portuguese marathoner Rosa Navarro (born 1955), Colombian photographer and artist Rosa Nissán (born 1939), Mexican writer Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), English children's writer and popular novelist Rosa O'Neill (1588/90–1660), Irish wife of Owen Roe O'Neill Rosa Ohliger (died 1929), German murder victim of Peter Kürten Rosa Orellana, American mathematician Rosa Palomino (1951–2022), Aymara Indigenous leader in Peru Rosa Parks (1913–2005), American civil rights icon Rosa Petit, Venezuelan politician Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981), American operatic soprano Rosa Quintana (born 1959), Spanish civil servant and politician Rosa Regàs, Spanish writer Rosa Robson (born 1992), English actress and comedian Rosa Rosà (1884–1978), Austrian writer Rosa Russo Iervolino (born 1936), Italian politician Rosa Scarlatti (1727-1775), Italian opera singer Rosa Schupbach (1928-2022), Iranian-Swiss-American economist Rosa Silvana Abate (born 1963), Italian politician Rosa Simonovich (born 1850), first Ukrainian woman to earn a medical degree from University of Bern Rosa Stallbaumer (1887–1942), member of the Austrian Resistance during World War II Rosa Valetti (1876–1937), German actress, cabaret performer and singer Rosa Vecht (1881–1915), Dutch nurse Rosa Vercellana (1833–1885), known as "Rosina" or "La Bela Rosin", mistress and later wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy Rosa von Praunheim (1942–2025), German filmmaker and gay rights activist Rosa Warrens (1821–1878), Swedish poet and translator Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio (born 1962), Colombian economist and politician Rosa Young (1890-1971), American educator Roza Kostandyan (born 2000), know professionally as Rosa Linn, Armenian singer-songwriter
Middle name María Rosa Gallo, Argentinian actress
Fictional characters Colonel Rosa Klebb, the main antagonist of Ian Fleming's Bond novel, and subsequent film, From Russia, With Love Princess Rosa Cossette D'Elise, character in the video game Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Rosa (Castlevania), reluctant vampire in the video game Castlevania Rosa (Kizuna Encounter), the wild woman from the game Kizuna Encounter Rosa Casagrande, a character in The Casagrandes Rosa Cruz, a character in the British comic book series MPH Rosa del Valle, also known as Rosa the Beautiful, character in the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Rosa Diaz, character in the television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine Rosa Farrell, character in the game Final Fantasy IV Rosa Hubermann, Hans Hubermann's wife and Liesel Meminger's foster mother in The Book Thief. Rosa Ushiromiya, character of Sound Novel Umineko no Naku Koro ni Rosa, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie Kindergarten Cop. Rosa, a teal crane chugger from Sanlocomota, who is also a recolor of Skylar. Rosa, the female protagonist of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Rosariki, a character in the Russian animated children's television series GoGoRiki
See also Rosa (cow) (2001–2020), Spanish-born French cow and television personality Rosa (sea otter) (born 1999), the oldest known living sea otter at the time of her death Rosa (surname) Rosalind (disambiguation) Rosamund