Given name
Rosaline
Rosaline is a relative of Rosalind with two Shakespearean appearances.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In English use, Rosaline has a related form in Rosalind. Rosalind has been associated with German and English naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Rosaline is used as a variant of Rosalind.
The 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.
Rosaline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,984
- 0 boys · 3,984 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 88 babies
- 2025
- 85
- #2,192 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 85 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,192 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 88 in 1928. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,623 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.
Rosaline’s family of names
Rosaline has a related form in Rosalind. In English usage, Rosaline has a related form in Rosalyn. In English usage, Rosaline has a related form in Roslyn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rosaline has relatives in 3 languages.
8 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rosaline
- Rosey EffiongAmerican athleteborn 2001
- Rosaline OmotoshoNigerian judge
- Rose FrankNew Zealand photographer (1864-1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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