Malay Names · Boy

The name Rosli

Letters: 5
Syllables: 2
First letter: R
Category: Malay Names
Gender: ♂ Boy

Peak 1960s: 13.3%
of the boy top-10 total

JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Decade	boy
1940s	–
1950s	–
1960s	13.3%
1970s	12.2%
1980s	–
1990s	–
2000s	–
2010s	–

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Rosli

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Malay Names: R

Rosli is a boy's name common in Malaysia, also spelled Rusli.

About the name Rosli

Rosli is a boy's name common in Malaysia, often spelled Rusli. Its origin and meaning cannot be determined. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1960s with 7,143 baby boys.

Gender	♂ Boy
Syllables	Ros-li
First letter	Malay Names starting with R

Rosli in official JPN data

1940s: not in the top 10
1950s: not in the top 10
1960s: Boy: 7,143 · 13.3%
1970s: Boy: 5,369 · 12.2%
1980s: not in the top 10
1990s: not in the top 10
2000s: not in the top 10
2010s: not in the top 10

People registered with Rosli as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Compound names with Rosli

More Malay Names starting with R

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Entry ID: mn00013 · Updated 2026-10-25 · How we research names · Report a mistake