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Rosalind

Gender
Girl
Say it
ROZ-a-lind
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,690 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,518 for girls

Rosalind is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “gentle horse”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,518th for girls in the US (140 babies).

What does Rosalind mean?

Germanic: Germanic, via French; later linked with Spanish rosa linda

“gentle horse”

Rosalind is the witty heroine of Shakespeare's As You Like It; scientist Rosalind Franklin helped reveal the structure of DNA.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Rosalind a girl's or a boy's name?

Rosalind is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 140 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rosalind in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,690among girls
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Rosalind, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 72 girls.

Half of all the girls named Rosalind in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 72 in 19962025
Rosalind in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#1,690
202415#1,953
202325#1,360
202221#1,527
202136#1,028
202035#1,033
201935#1,058
201844#905
201750#839
201632#1,162
201541#960
201445#906
201336#1,065
201237#1,041
201121#1,518
201036#1,004
200933#1,040
200827#1,176
200729#1,082
200628#1,062
200524#1,128
200431#932
200327#965
200228#904
200130#857
200036#731
199948#615
199846#616
199745#632
199672#455

How popular is Rosalind in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,518among girls
Babies in 2025
140about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 140 girls in the US were named Rosalind, making it the 1,518th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,422nd. Its busiest year was 1965, with 652 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Rosalind than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Rosalind in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 652 in 19652025
Rosalind in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025140#1,518
2024149#1,466
2023155#1,439
2022157#1,431
2021172#1,312
2020153#1,422
2019185#1,255
2018184#1,255
2017198#1,210
2016162#1,425
2015146#1,532
2014101#1,967
201391#2,096
201274#2,474
201162#2,795
201049#3,305
200936#4,195
200834#4,447
200749#3,376
200640#3,794
200535#4,025
200445#3,329
200348#3,082
200240#3,390
200139#3,413
200038#3,448
199942#3,096
199840#3,113
199745#2,730
199648#2,587
199543#2,783
199449#2,536
199349#2,528
199267#2,028
199173#1,907
199079#1,809
198980#1,697
198877#1,670
198779#1,580
198690#1,420
198597#1,349
1984105#1,232
198397#1,272
1982104#1,251
198193#1,340
198099#1,286
1979117#1,140
1978155#913
1977178#838
1976202#723
1975188#757
1974184#759
1973214#695
1972266#599
1971296#588
1970368#520
1969367#509
1968369#505
1967460#440
1966505#412
1965652#355
1964543#417
1963546#411
1962634#372
1961625#386
1960649#375
1959650#374
1958585#381
1957544#390
1956571#366
1955421#431
1954466#400
1953518#373
1952500#370
1951505#354
1950571#321
1949475#362
1948499#348
1947456#375
1946444#361
1945368#362
1944337#384
1943516#306
1942537#292
1941409#325
1940368#332
1939336#349
1938264#415
1937295#376
1936196#457
1935156#512
1934118#607
1933111#616
1932125#587
1931124#594
1930130#606
1929157#546
1928151#575
1927207#485
1926203#489
1925214#473
1924243#447
1923249#426
1922238#433
1921221#463
1920210#469
1919177#510
1918201#473
1917192#468
1916190#463
1915156#491
1914163#418
1913117#461
191286#521
191166#511
191055#550
190946#566
190836#639
190742#564
190627#707
190535#587
190438#537
190326#654
190218#818
190126#615
190020#833
189914#878
189826#631
189724#627
189619#728
189518#746
189414#812
189311#901
18926#1,278
189113#750
189013#758
188910#839
18887#1,036

Nicknames for Rosalind

Names like Rosalind

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harriet Alice Charlotte Billie Eleanor Rosie Bonnie Eloise Robyn Rosemary Ruby Evelyn

Names related to Rosalind

Rosalinda

More Germanic names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosalind: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosalind, updated 20 October 2026.