Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rosalin is a variant of Rosalind. Rosalind has been associated with German and English naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rosalin is a variant of Rosalind. The history of Rosalind gives this family its wider story. Edmund Spenser used Rosalind for a shepherdess, and Shakespeare gave it to the heroine of As You Like It. The appealing rose association is a later reinterpretation of an older Germanic name, rather than its original formation.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rosalin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 908
- 0 boys · 908 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,427 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,427 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 969 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rosalin’s family of names
Rosalin has a related form in Rosalind.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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