What's in a name? Find out what Rosario Dawson actually means...

ROSARIO
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ro-SAH-ryo (Spanish)
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Senora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary".

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DAWSON
Said to be a corruption of the Nor. Fr. D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy. Camden, however, thinks it a contraction of Davison, the son of David, which is the more probable derivation.