Rosalyn

Variation of Rosalind
"supple horse or pretty rose"

Rosalyn Origin and Meaning

The name Rosalyn is a girl's name .

True Blood may be the reason that variation Rosalyn has retained some popularity while the original Rosalind still languishes. Moderately popular in the middle of the last century, Rosalyn may deserve its revival but we still prefer the more classic Rosalind.

# 938 in the US

Rosalyn Rank in US Top 1000

# 1176 on Nameberry

Rosalyn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Rosalyn Popularity

Famous People Named Rosalyn

  • Rosalyn "Roz" Borden
    American actress; twin sister Marilyn Borden
  • Rosalyn Landor
    English actress
  • Rosalyn Doris Fairbank
    Nideffer, South African tennis player
  • Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
    American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Rosalyn Higgins
    British former President of the International Court of Justice.
  • Rosalyn Tureck
    American pianist
  • (Eleanor) Rosalynn Carter
    First Lady of the United States as wife of President Jimmy Carter

Rosalyn in Pop Culture

  • Rosalyn
    babysitter in comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson
  • Rosalyn Harris
    character on TV's "True Blood"
  • Rosalyn
    character in Pete Townshend's concept album "Psychoderelict"
  • “Sweet Rosalyn”
    song by Sheryl Crow