Rosalind

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Rosalind, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Lindy
• Primrose
• Curie
• Melinda
• Ophelia
• Cordelia
• Gwendolyn
• Penelope
• Lucinda
• Genevieve
• Winifred
• Titania

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Rosalind is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Rṍsälińd

• Russian given name12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Росалинд, Розалинд, Розалінд, Rosalinde, Rozalind

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Rosalind is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, weibl. Vom., Variante von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Rosalind Ivanb. 1880USactress (1880-1959)
• Rosalind Russellb. 1907USAmerican actress (1907–1976)
• Rosalind Hicksb. 1919GBAgatha Christie's daughter (1919–2004)
• Rosalind Franklinb. 1920GBBritish chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
• Rosalind Knightb. 1933GBBritish actress (1933–2020)
• Rosalind Cashb. 1938USAmerican actress (1938-1995)
• Rosalind Kraussb. 1941USAmerican art historian
• Rosalind Ayresb. 1946GBBritish actress
• Rosalind Chaob. 1957USAmerican actress
• Rosalind Wisemanb. 1969USAmerican writer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Rosalind?

In English /ˈɹɑzəlɪnd/ (Wiktionary).

What are other forms of the name Rosalind?

In the etymology graph, Rose, Rosalinda and Rosalina are forms of the same name in other languages; Roz is a recorded short or pet form.

What does the name Rosalind mean, and where does it come from?

Old German elements; often taken as 'pretty rose'. Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

Is Rosalind a male or female name?

Rosalind is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How common is the name Rosalind?

In the United States, the national register counted 18,210 people named Rosalind in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.

How common is Rosalind compared with other names?

In New Zealand, Rosalind is the 588th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.

In which country does Rosalind have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Rosalind, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rosalind.