# Rosalind (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosalind/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “horse”, “soft”, “weak”, “tender”, “lovely rose” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑzəlɪnd/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ros |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,136 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 27,136 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 969, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Spanish rosa linda "lovely rose".

## What it means

Rosalind is grouped under horse and rose.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 2,831 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2,492 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,102 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,979 |
| 2015 | 146 | 1,536 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 198 | 1,213 |
| 2018 | 184 | 1,260 |
| 2019 | 185 | 1,257 |
| 2020 | 153 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,316 |
| 2022 | 157 | 1,435 |
| 2023 | 155 | 1,444 |
| 2024 | 149 | 1,471 |
| 2025 | 140 | 1,521 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 42 | 886 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 34 | 992 |
| 2021 | 36 | 957 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## In other languages

- Italian: Rosalinda
- Russian: Розали́нда

## People named Rosalind

- Rosalind Franklin, British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
- Rosalind Russell, American actress (1907–1976)
- Rosalind Chao, American actress
- Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist
- Rosalind E. Krauss, American art historian
- Rosalind Knight, British actress (1933–2020)
- Rosalind Hicks, Agatha Christie's daughter (1919–2004)
- Rosalind Cash, American actress (1938-1995)
- Rosalind Elias, American mezzo-soprano
- Rosalind Ayres, British actress
- Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, British biochemist (1907–1990)
- Rosalind Canter, British event rider

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.