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 [ 3 syll. ro-sa-lin(d), ros-ali-nd ] The girl name Rosalind is pronounced as RAAZahLahND KEY. Rosalind is primarily used in the English language and its language of origin is Germanic. The name means horse shield of lime wood; pretty rose. An original form of Rosalind is Roslindis (Germanic). The name was originally derived from the Germanic elements 'hros' (horse) or 'hruod' (fame) combined with either 'lind' (weak, soft, gentle, friendly) or 'linta' (lime, linden, lime-wood shield). It was first introduced by the Normans into England; it was later in the medieval period associated via folk etymology with the Latin 'rosa' (rose) and 'linda' (beautiful), with the attractive meaning 'pretty rose'. The name grew in use in the 16th century, popularized via works such as Edmund Spenser's pastoral poetry The Shephearde's Calendar (1579), Thomas Lodge's prose romance Rosalynde (1590), and Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It (1599). Rosalind has 22 forms that are used in both English and other languages. Forms of Rosalind used in English include Rosaleen, Rosalin (used in Spanish too), Rosalinda (used in Italian and Spanish too), Rosaline, Rosalyn, Rosalynne, Rosilyn, Rosina (used in German, Italian, and Spanish too), Roslyn, Roslyne, Roslynn, Rosslyn, Rozelund, Rozland, and Rozlyn. The short forms Ros and Roz, and the variant spellings Rosalynd and Rozalind are other English forms. Foreign forms of the name include the Portuguese and Spanish Rosalina and the French Roseline. Another foreign form is the variant spelling Rosalinde (German). See also the related form, the German Linde. Rosalind is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1942 with 0.038% of baby girls being given the name Rosalind. It had a ranking of #293 then. The baby name has experienced a steep decline in frequency since then, and is now of sporadic use. Among all girl names in its family, Rosalind was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Rosalind include the English Rosalynd, the German Rosalinde, the English Rozalind, the English Rozelund, the English, Italian, and Spanish Rosalinda, and the English Rozland. Details of famous persons named Rosalind: KEY: Pronunciation for Rosalind: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
