Rosalba

“Roses” by Vincent van Gogh. The name Rosalba means “white rose.”
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	White rose

Rosalba is a feminine personal name, derived from the Latin rosa alba , the white rose. Although known in English, the name is especially associated with Italy, and is also common in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, where it is also a surname. ^[1] It may refer to any of the following individuals:

Contents

• People
• Surname
• Fictional characters
• See also
• Notes

People

• Rosalba Bernini (ca. 1762-1829), Italian pastellist
• Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), Venetian painter and portraitist of the Rococo style
• Rosalba Casas (born 1950), professor of history and socio-politics at Montreal University
• Rosalba Gualito Castañeda (born 1966), Mexican politician
• Rosalba Cimino (born 1990), Italian politician
• Rosalba Rincon Castell (1934–2014), Colombian fencing instructor
• Rosalba Ciarlini (born 1952), Brazilian politician
• Rosaria Console (born 1979), Italian long-distance runner, better known as "Rosalba."
• Rosalba Dominguez, American politician
• Rosalba Forciniti (b. 1986), member of the 2012 Italian Olympic Judo team
• Rosalba Morales (born 1998), Colombian weightlifter
• Rosalba Neri (born 1939), Italian actress also known by the name "Sara Bey" or "Bay"
• Rosalba Patiño (born 1960), Colombian chess player
• Rosalba Pedrina (born 1944), Italian artist
• Rosalba Perna, Italian and American astrophysicist
• Rosalba Pippa (born 1982), Italian singer and actress, also known by her stage name, Arisa
• Rosalba De la Cruz Requena (born 1954), Mexican politician
• Rosalba Rolón (born 1951), Puerto Rican actress and director
• Rosalba Todaro (1941-2022), Chilean economist and scholar of women's economic issues

Surname

• Simone Rosalba (b. 1976), a member of the 2000 Italian Olympic volleyball team.

Fictional characters

• Rosalba, a character in The Rose and the Ring , a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
• Rosalba, a character in The Rose Rent , a mystery novel by Ellis Peters, dramatized in an episode of the TV series Cadfael .

See also

• Rosalba (beetle), a genus of longhorn beetles
• Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei , a 1952 Italian film

Notes

Name list

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