Rosalind
About Rosalind
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.
Pronounced ROZ-ah-lind.
As of October 2026, Rosalind ranked #1521 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #292 in 1942, Nameberry popularity #305.
Editor's take: The name Rosalind is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "soft horse or pretty rose".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,979 | 101 | 56.5 |
| 2015 | #1,536 | 146 | 81.8 |
| 2016 | #1,431 | 162 | 91.4 |
| 2017 | #1,213 | 198 | 114.7 |
| 2018 | #1,260 | 184 | 108.2 |
| 2019 | #1,257 | 185 | 110.2 |
| 2020 | #1,429 | 153 | 94.6 |
| 2021 | #1,316 | 172 | 104.8 |
| 2022 | #1,439 | 156 | 95.1 |
| 2023 | #1,440 | 155 | 96.6 |
| 2024 | #1,475 | 148 | 91.3 |
| 2025 | #1,521 | 140 | 87.1 |
World rankings
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Rosalind on lists
Famous Rosalinds
- 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"
- Rosalind Myers
Character in "Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty"
- Rosalind
Character in "Rosalind and the Little Deer" by Elsa Beskow
Variations & nicknames
- RosalinSpanish
- RosalindeGerman
- RosalindaSpanish
- RosalinaSpanish
- RosaleenIrish
- Rosalynspelling variation
More nicknames
- Ros
- Rosie
- Rosa
- Lindy