Roslyn

Where Roslyn comes from

A variant of Rosaline inspired by the Scottish place name Roslin or Rosslyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roslyn
  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,332 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Peak, #396
    301 babies named Roslyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #528.
  4. 1950
    Roslyn Gentle born
    Australian actress
  5. 1951
    Roslyn Kind born
    American actress, singer, and songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Roslyn Kind · American actress, singer, and songwriter, born 1951
  • Roslyn Gentle · Australian actress, born 1950
  • Roslyn Mould · Ghanaian humanist
  • Roslyn Atkinson · Australian judge, born 1948
  • Roslyn Dundas · Australian politician, born 1978

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.