Rosalind

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Rosalind is derived from "hros lind," an ancient Germanic name meaning "gentle horse."

Poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) believed he created the name Rosalind for his first major poetic work The Shepheardes Calendar (1579). He tried to hide the identity of the object of affection within the pastorals, using the name Rosalind as an anagram of selected letters from the woman's real name, Rosa Daniel.

Thomas Lodge later used the name for the title character of his 1599 novel Rosalynde. Shortly after Lodge's novel was published, William Shakespeare drew upon both the name and story for his play As You Like It.

Even if the name Rosalind had been commonly used before, it was the work of these three Elizabethan writers that gave it with the poetic connotations it has today.^[1]

POPULARITY

According to the Social Security Administration, the name Rosalind saw its greatest popularity during the mid-twentieth century, ranking among the top 500 names for girls from 1936 through 1967. Since 1979, Rosalind has not made the list of the top 1000 names. ^[1]

• 1978: Rank = 917
• 1977: Rank = 841
• 1976: Rank = 729
• 1975: Rank = 757
• 1974: Rank = 761
• 1973: Rank = 698
• 1972: Rank = 599
• 1971: Rank = 587
• 1970: Rank = 522

• 1960: Rank = 375
• 1950: Rank = 321
• 1940: Rank = 332
• 1930: Rank = 609
• 1920: Rank = 469
• 1910: Rank = 555
• 1900: Rank = 855

FACTS

• Rosalind is a small rural village in central Alberta, Canada.
• Lake Rosalind is located in Ontario, Canada.
• Rosalind is a small inner satellite, or moon, of Uranus discovered in 1986.
• Rosalind was a trotting mare born in 1933. She won the 1936 Hambletonian in Goshen, New York. Her story, as well as that of her owner, Gibson White, is told in Marguerite Henry's book Born to Trot.^[1]

NAMESAKES

• Rosalind - character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It
• Rosalind Warren - fictional character in State of Mind
• Rosalind Shays - fictional character in the television drama L.A. Law
• Rosalind - character in the film Erin Brockovich

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Rosalind Cash (1938-1995) - American singer and actress
• Rosalind Chao (b. 1959) - Chinese-American actress
• Rosalind Elias (b. 1931) - American opera singer
• Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) - British biophysicist and pioneer in the field of chemistry
• Rosalind Russell (1911-1976) - American actress

NOTES

OTHER ROSALIND'S

Rosalind Adenbaum, Rosalind Aaron, Rosalind Aarons, Rosalind Abba, Rosalind Abbott, Rosalind Abell, Rosalind Abercrombie, Rosalind Abner, Rosalind Abnet, Rosalind Acciardo, Rosalind Achkar, Rosalind Acker, Rosalind Ackeret, Rosalind Acoff, Rosalind Acolatse, Rosalind Acosta, Rosalind Acree, Rosalind Adakai, Rosalind Adam, Rosalind Adams, Rosalind Adarkwa, Rosalind Adcock, Rosalind Addison, Rosalind Adeleye, Rosalind Adelman, Rosalind Adelstone, Rosalind Aaronson, Rosalind Abankwah, Rosalind Abara, Rosalind Abate, Rosalind Abdool, Rosalind Abdulkhalik, Rosalind Abel, Rosalind Abele, Rosalind Abernathy, Rosalind Abero, Rosalind Able, Rosalind Aboody, Rosalind Abram, Rosalind Abrams, Rosalind Abreu, Rosalind Abston, Rosalind Abuid, Rosalind Abuton, Rosalind Acanfrio, Rosalind Acayan, Rosalind Acquilla, Rosalind Adair, Rosalind Adderly, Rosalind Adedokun, More results

Author: Samantha Bell