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View Name: Rosaline


ROSALINE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: RAWZ-ə-lien, ROZ-ə-leen   [key]
Meaning & History
Medieval variant of ROSALIND. This is the name of characters in Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour's Lost' (1594) and 'Romeo and Juliet' (1596).
Related Names
VARIANTS: Rosalind, Rosaleen, Rosalin, Rosalyn, Rosalynne, Roselyn, Roslyn
DIMINUTIVES: Ros, Roz
OTHER LANGUAGES: Roslindis (Ancient Germanic), Rosalinda (Italian), Rosalina (Portuguese), Rosalina, Rosalinda (Spanish)
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