Given name & surname
Rosalina
Rosalina is a feminine given name. It is used in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, and 2 other languages.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rosalina 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. Rosalina 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. In English use, Rosalina has a related form in Rosaline. The history of Rosaline gives this family its wider story. Rosaline appears in Love’s Labour’s Lost and is mentioned, without appearing onstage, in Romeo and Juliet. These two uses give the spelling a literary identity of its own.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rosalina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,773
- 0 boys · 5,773 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 417 babies
- 2025
- 417
- #681 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +65%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 417 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 681 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 64.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (56). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,733 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.
Rosalina’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Rosalina has a later derivative in ALING. Rosalina has a related form in Rosalind. In English usage, Rosalina has a related form in Rosaline.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rosalina
- Rosalina TuyucGuatemalan human rights activistborn 1956
- Rosalina AbejoFilipina composer and conductor (1922–1991)
- Rosalina Berazaín IturraldeCuban botanist and university teacherborn 1947
- Rosalina NeriItalian actress (1927–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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