Rosalind

Where Rosalind comes from

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Spanish rosa linda "lovely rose".
— Wiktionary's entry for Rosalind
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,036 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Rosalind Russell born
    American actress
  3. 1920
    Rosalind Franklin born
    British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer
  4. 1942
    Peak, #292
    537 babies named Rosalind — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #599.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Rosalind Franklin · British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer, 1920–1958
  • Rosalind Russell · American actress, 1907–1976
  • Rosalind Chao · American actress, born 1957
  • Rosalind Picard · American computer scientist, born 1962
  • Rosalind E. Krauss · American art historian, born 1941

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.