The first name Rosalyn
A girl’s name from Latin.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
A female given name from Latin, variant of Rosaline.
A form of Rosaline.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 25 girls were named Rosalyn, making it the 1,271st most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Rosalyn with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Rosalyn at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 237 girls born in the United States were named Rosalyn, the 1,051st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1955, when 422 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Rosalyn
8 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Rosalyn Sussman YalowAmerican medical physicist (1921-2011)
- Rosalyn TureckAmerican pianist and harpsichordist (1914–2003)
- Rosalyn HigginsBritish barrister, judge and scholar (born 1937)
- Rosalyn BryantAmerican sprinter, born 1956
- Rosalyn DrexlerAmerican artist (1926–2025)
- Rosalyn Terborg-PennAmerican historian (1941-2018)
- Rosalyn LandorBritish actress, born 1958
- Roz RyanAmerican actress, born 1951
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Rosalyn?
- Rosalyn comes from Latin.
- How popular is the name Rosalyn?
- In 2025, 25 girls born in England and Wales were named Rosalyn, ranking 1,271st.
- Is Rosalyn a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 23,278 US babies named Rosalyn since 1880 were girls.
- When was Rosalyn most popular?
- 1955 in the United States, when 422 babies were named Rosalyn, its highest rank at 431st.
- What name is Rosalyn a form of?
- Rosalyn is a form of Rosaline.