ROSELLA

[KatieLouiseW]

I've just come across Rosella and really like it! NN Rosie - what do you think? x

I know a Rosila. Pronounced Rose-Isla. Called Isla for short.

Yes, a girl name

My immediate thought was 'I'm sure that's a disease'.

Well, it'll probably be her name - if it's a girl

Hmm..not really sure tbh. It sounds like a hyphenated name and said in the Central Belt twang it doesn't sound nice at all (although that's probably not an issue for you). I wouldn't be able to get past 'parrot' though

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So why on earth did you post if you've already (probably) decided?

Grim skin disease comes to mind.

Because when I posted I hadn't decided

I used to work at the Rosella factory in Australia. It's a brand of tomato sauce.

The snakes were terrifying!

And you made up your mind in the space of 1.5 hours? What was it that convinced you?

My immediate thought was skin disease too.

Skin disease

Well I think it is pretty and wouldn't have immediately thought "skin disease".

I knew a Rosella, she was Italian and pronounced it Ro-Sella, but I'm sure that equally Rose-Ella would work (and is probably more intuitive to English speakers)

I think people are being unnecessarily mean, maybe it's not to their taste but to me it is a pretty name, that is unusual but not totally unknown. Go for it OP, don't let the naysayers dissuade you!

I like it! Mostly because of the computer game "Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella", which I loved when I was a kid. It was one of the few games where the main character was female.

I just think about tomato sauce.. rosella is a ketchup brand here in Australia (as well as a bird)

Sorry, I also thought of roseola....

When i read the thread title I thought "sounds like an illness" and I see I'm not in a minority.

I had one in my class this morning- Italy. It's not very common, not even here. It is just a diminuitive of Rosa and is pronounced RoseElla. It's very old-fashioned.