Rosaline

Where Rosaline comes from

An elaborate form of Rosalie, or a simplified form of Rosalind.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rosaline
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1864
    Rosaline Margaret Frank born
    New Zealand photographer
  2. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,213 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Peak, #759
    88 babies named Rosaline — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,133.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Rosaline Omotosho · Nigerian judge, died 1999
  • Rosaline Margaret Frank · New Zealand photographer, 1864–1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.