Variant of Rosalie, from Latin 'rosa' (rose), a name flourishing through French and Romance traditions.
Rozalie is an elegant variant of Rosalie, a name that blooms from the Latin rosa — the rose — one of the oldest and most universally beloved flower names in human history. The rose carried sacred meaning across cultures: in ancient Rome it was sacred to Venus, goddess of love; in Christianity it became associated with the Virgin Mary, giving rise to the rosary and countless dedications of churches and chapels.
Rosalie emerged as a given name particularly in French and Italian Catholic traditions, often honoring Saint Rosalia, the 12th-century hermit and patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, whose feast day is celebrated with one of the most spectacular processions in Southern Italy. The "Roz" spelling variant — appearing in Rozalie, Rozaline, Rozalind — carries a slightly more Eastern European and Slavic flavor, reflecting the name's popularity across Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, where it melded naturally with local naming aesthetics. In English literature, the rose-name tradition runs through Rosaline in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (the unrequited love Romeo forgets the moment he sees Juliet), and through Rosalind in As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's most beloved heroines — witty, disguised, and fully in command of her own story. Rozalie thus inherits a lineage of botanical beauty, Catholic devotion, Slavic romance, and Shakespearean intelligence, making it a name of quiet depth dressed in floral softness.