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The Italian name De rosa literally means "rose" (the flower) in English and is popular as a forename and surname. It is most popularly spelt Rosa and De Rosa, but at time the surname it may also be spelt Rosa and De Rosa. The DeRosa and Rosa spellings are frequented in the United States.

Early Origins of the De rosa family

The surname De rosa was first found in Italy, where bearers of De rosa were found since the Middle Ages in many areas of Italy, including Venetia, Emilia and the south. The spelling variations on the name which end in "o" are mostly from the south, whereas those that end in "i" are mostly from the north. The name De rosa, like many Italian surnames began as a personal name long before it was adopted as a surname; the name means "rose."

Early History of the De rosa family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our De rosa research. Another 140 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1320, 1345, 1475, 1584, 1602, 1604, 1607, 1615, 1621, 1643, 1656, 1662, 1673, 1679, 1687 and 1695 are included under the topic Early De rosa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

De rosa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rosa, De Rosa, Rosas, Rosi, Di Rosa, La Rosa, Larosa, Roselli, Rosellini, Rosiello, Rosetti, Rosettini, Rosettin, Rosina, Rosini, Rosin, Rosita, Rosoni, Rosone, Roson, Rosani, Rosano, Rosan, Rosanelli, Rosatto and many more.

Early Notables of the De rosa family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Pacecco De Rosa (Giovanni Francesco De Rosa) (1607-1656), an Italian painter, active in Naples. Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker, active in Naples, Rome a...
  • Diana de Rosa (1602-1643), also known as Annella de Rosa or Annella di Massimo, was a seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter, born in Naples. Tommaso de Rosa (1621-1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate w...

De rosa Ranking

In the United States, the name De rosa is the 4,518th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1


De rosa migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

De rosa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Alonso DeRosa, who arrived in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1838 2
  • Angleo DeRosa, who sailed on the Orsola, arriving in New York March 8, 1882
  • Angelo DeRosa, aged 34, who landed in America from Cervino, Italy, in 1892
De rosa Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Donato Derosa, aged 25, who landed in America from Gorgoglione, Italy, in 1912
  • Anna DeRosa, aged 17, who settled in America from Casamarciano, Italy, in 1913
  • Ambrogio DeRosa, aged 47, who immigrated to the United States from San Quirino, Italy, in 1913
  • Anna deRosa, aged 17, who landed in America from Ottaiano, Italy, in 1914
  • Antonia DeRosa, aged 19, who immigrated to the United States from Carolei, Italy, in 1915
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name De rosa (post 1700) +

  • Salvatore "Sal" DeRosa (1931-2014), Italian-born, American soccer coach
  • Sal DeRosa, American soccer coach
  • David DeRosa (b. 1973), American painter, illustrator and graphic designer
  • Anthony "Tony" DeRosa, American character animator
  • Stephen DeRosa (b. 1968), American television and theatre actor
  • Jon DeRosa (b. 1978), American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and vocalist
  • Christina DeRosa (b. 1984), American actress
  • Joe DeRosa (b. 1957), American referee for the National Basketball Association
  • Vincent DeRosa (b. 1920), American studio musician who played horn for Hollywood soundtracks
  • Mark Thomas DeRosa (b. 1975), American Major League Baseball player
  • ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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