Rosaline

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Gender Feminine

Pronounced Pron. RO-zə-leen

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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

VariantsRosalind, Rosaleen, Rosalin, Rosalyn, Rosalynne, Roselyn, Roslyn

DiminutivesRos, Roz

Other Languages & CulturesRoslindis(Ancient Germanic) Roseline(French) Rosalinda(Italian) Rosalina(Portuguese) Rosalina, Rosalinda(Spanish)

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Entry updated November 16, 2019 ·