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Rotunda
How to Pronounce Rotunda
Pronounced roh-TUN-duh /roʊˈtʌn.də/Medium
Meaning: Rotunda is used as a given name from the English architectural word, which comes through Italian from the Latin 'rotundus', round. A rotunda is a circular, usually domed room or building.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Rotunda takes an English word as a given name. It descends from the Latin rotundus, round, by way of Italian, and names a circular, domed room or building. As a personal name it is very unusual, part of the small family of stately word-names that surface now and then in American records.
Rotunda was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak in the mid-nineteen-sixties, and it did not persist. A girl named Rotunda then is in her early sixties today.
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What does the name Rotunda mean?
It is an English word-name from the Latin 'rotundus', round; a rotunda is a round, domed building or hall.
How do you pronounce Rotunda?
It is said roh-TUN-duh /roʊˈtʌn.də/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Rotunda a boy or girl name?
Rotunda is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Rotunda?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-sixties.