Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Roslynn 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 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roslynn 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
Roslynn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,339
- 0 boys · 1,339 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,152 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,152 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 2014. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 976 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.
Roslynn’s family of names
Roslynn has a related form in Rosalind.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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