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Rosalía is a Spanish and Galician feminine given name derived from the Latin rosa, meaning rose, combined with the suffix -alia, giving it a sense of abundance or association with roses. The name gained widespread veneration through Saint Rosalia, a twelfth-century Sicilian hermit regarded as the patron saint of Palermo, whose cult spread her name across the Catholic world. In modern times the name is closely associated with the nineteenth-century Galician poet Rosalía de Castro, a foundational figure in Galician literature and the Rexurdimento cultural movement. Related forms include Rosalia, Rosalie, and Rozália.