Rosaline

Meaning of Rosaline

Rosaline (pronounced ROZ-uh-leen) blossoms out of the Latin rosa, “rose,” and the Old German lind, “soft” or “tender,” so her petals carry the double promise of beauty and gentleness. Shakespeare famously cast a bewitching Rosaline as Romeo’s first, unattainable crush—an Elizabethan wink that still lends the name an air of literary intrigue and unrequited romance. Over a century of U.S. records shows Rosaline hovering just below the top 500, a quiet classic that never vanishes yet never feels over-picked, like a secret garden waiting to be discovered. With its vintage lilt, floral imagery, and hint of star-crossed storytelling, Rosaline offers parents a graceful alternative to Rose or Rosalind while keeping the same warm fragrance—and just enough edge to stand out in today’s nursery roll calls.