Rosa

Origin and History

• · From Latin rosa, the flower, a symbol since antiquity of love and, in Christianity, of the Virgin Mary and of martyrdom.
• · Saint Rose of Lima, from the 17th century, was the first person born in the Americas to be canonised by the Catholic Church.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, I and R are initials of the number 9: it's read as humanitarian and mature in outlook, attentive to what others are going through. These are traditional readings, not a rule: everyone ends up becoming who they choose to be, whatever name they carry.