Rosalind (given name)
Rosalind is a feminine given name derived from Old German word elements that meant horse and soft, tender. The name also has a folk etymology meaning of pretty rose.[1] Notable people with the name include:
- Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
- Rosalind Blauer (1943–1973), Canadian economist
- Rosalind Brett, writer of romance novels
- Rosalind Cash (1938–1995), American singer and actress
- Rosalind Cassidy (1895–1980), American physical education professor
- Rosalind Chao (born 1957), American actress born in Anaheim, California
- Rosalind Creasy (born 1939), American landscape designer and author
- Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), British physical chemist and crystallographer who made very important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of coal and graphite, DNA and viruses
- Rosalind Hackett, American historian
- Rosalind Halstead (born 1984), British actress
- Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (1869–1958), British aristocrat
- Rosalind Heywood (1895–1980), British psychical researcher
- Rosalind Hicks (1919–2005), British literary guardian and only child of Agatha Christie
- Rosalind Hursthouse (born 1943), philosopher whose theories are centred to the abortion debate
- Rosalind Knight (1933–2020), English actress
- Rosalind Newman (born 1946), American choreographer
- Rosalind Peychaud (born 1948), New Orleans civic activist
- Rosalind Ridley (born 1949), British neuropsychologist
- Rosalind Rowe (1933–2015), English table tennis player
- Rosalind Russell (1907–1976), American actress
Notes
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Hardcastle, Kate (27 July 2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.