Rosalind

ROZ-ah-lind

Latin

"supple horse or pretty rose"

Rosalind Origin and Meaning

The name Rosalind is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "supple horse or pretty rose".

Rosalind has a distinguished literary history – used and popularized by Edmund Spenser and Shakespeare via one of his most charming heroines, in As You Like It. Along with a bouquet of other Rose names, Rosalind might be ready for a comeback.

Despite appearances, Rosalind is not technically a true Rose name. It originally derives from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and lind "soft, flexible, tender", but the spelling was later influenced by the appealing Latin phrase rosa linda "beautiful rose".

Rosalind was at its height in the 1940's, coinciding with the popularity of the acerbic movie star Rosalind Russell: it was Number 293 in 1943, but fell off the list in 1978.

Uma Thurman gave her young daughter five names, the first of which is Rosalind – though she is called by her nickname Luna.

Rosalind Rank in US Top 1000

# 917 in the US

Rosalind Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 431 on Nameberry

Rosalind Popularity

• 431 Nameberry 2024
• 443 Unique 2023
• 536 Future 2028
• 979 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Rosalind

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• Rosalie
• Rosaline
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• Guinevere
• Lavinia
• Isadora
• Gwendolyn
• Ophelia
• Cordelia
• Winifred
• Theodora
• Rosemary
• Juliet
• Cecily
• Margot
• Octavia
• Imogen
• Ramona
• Louisa
• Isolde

Famous People Named Rosalind

• Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton Duchess of Abercorn
• (Catherine) Rosalind Russell American actress
• Rosalind Cash American singer and actress
• Rosalind Ashford Holmes, American singer
• Rosalind Elsie Franklin English scientist discovered the molecular structure of DNA
• Rosalind Chia Ling Chao, American actress
• Rosalind Mary Miles English novelist
• Rosalind Wiseman American parenting author
• Rosalind Harris American actress
• Rosalind Wright Picard American computer scientist
• Rosalind Ayres English actress
• Rosalind Knight English actress
• Rosalind Hursthouse New Zealand moral philosopher
• Rosalind Newman American choreographer
• Rosalind Anne Plowright English operatic mezzo,soprano
• (Mary) Rosalind Paget English nurse and reformer
• Rosalind Maud (Cubitt) Shand mother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence "Luna" Thurman Busson, daughter of Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson

Rosalind in Pop Culture

• Rosalind mythical queen of the Lombards
• Rosalind main character in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'
• Rosalind Bruce character in film "Tonight and Every Night"
• Rosalind Devlin character in "In The Woods" (Tana French)
• Rosalind Penderwick character in The Penderwicks (Jeanne Birdsall)
• Rosalind Heath actress, later Countess of Darlington, in Leonard Merrick's "Conrad in Search of His Youth" (1919)
• Rosalind Lutece character in video game "Bioshock Infinite"
• Rosalind Morton character in "The Chrysalids" (John Wyndham)
• Rosalind "Roz" Walker character in "Sabrina" universe
• Rosalind character in 'Fallen In Love' by Lauren Kate
• Rosalind "Rosa" Dillon aka Top character on "The Flash"
• Rosalind Queen of Denmark, character in film "The Prince and Me"
• Rosalind Starling character in video game "Lollipop Chainsaw"