Meaning & origin
What it means
Rozalind is a form of Rosalind. Rosalind means “horse.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In English use, Rozalind 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
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Rozalind has a related form in 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
Rozalind through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 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.
Rozalind’s family of names
In English usage, Rozalind has a related form in Rosalind.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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