Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'':

People

Rosalind Ashford Rosalind "Roz" Ashford-Holmes (born September 2, 1943) is an American soprano R&B and soul singer, known for her work as an original member of the Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas. Early years Born Rosalind Ashford on September 2, ...

(born 1943), American singer, member of

Martha and the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind ...

Rosalind Blauer Rosalind Blauer, née Hyman, (24 January 1943 – 1973) was a Canadian economist who specialized on the effects of inflation and income distribution. Personal life and education Blauer was born in Montreal, Canada on 24 January 1943. She graduat ...

(1943–1973), Canadian economist *

Rosalind Brett Rosalind Jane Brett (born 12 March 1979) is an English former competition swimmer. Swimming career She represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games, winn ...

, writer of romance novels *

Rosalind Cash Rosalind Theresa Cash (December 31, 1938October 31, 1995) was an American actress. Her best-known film role is in the 1971 science-fiction film ''The Omega Man''. Cash also had another notable role as Mary Mae Ward in ABC's ''General Hospital'' ...

(1938–1995), American singer and actress *

Rosalind Chao Rosalind Chao (; born September 23, 1957) is an American actress. Chao's best-known roles have been Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show ''AfterMASH'', Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'', the ...

(born 1957), American actress born in Anaheim, California *

Rosalind Creasy Rosalind Creasy (born 1939) is an American horticulturalist, landscape designer, and author. She is known for her work on edible landscaping, particularly her 1982 book ''The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping'', considered a landmark book in ...

(born 1939), American landscape designer and author *

Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 192016 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, co ...

(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 Rosalind I. J. Hackett is a British-born American historian, formerly a Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Humanities Professor at the University of Tennessee from 2003 to 2008. She was born and spent her early life in England. References ...

, American historian *

Rosalind Halstead Rosalind Halstead (born 18 July 1984 in Islington, London) is an English actress, model, and dancer. Early life Halstead trained for five years at the Central School of Ballet, and danced at Sadler's Wells Theatre (Earl's Court and Her Majesty ...

(born 1984), British actress *

Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, (26 February 1869 – 18 January 1958; ''née'' Lady Rosalind Bingham) was a British aristocrat and the Duchess of Abercorn by marriage. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess o ...

(1869–1958), British aristocrat *Rosalind Heywood (1895–1980), British psychical researcher *

Rosalind Hicks Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks (formerly Prichard, née Christie; 5 August 1919 – 28 October 2004) was the only child of author Agatha Christie. Biography Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Christie was born on 5 August 1919 in her grandmother's ...

(1919–2005), British literary guardian and only child of

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

Rosalind Hursthouse Mary Rosalind Hursthouse (born 10 November 1943) is a British-born New Zealand moral philosopher noted for her work on virtue ethics. Hursthouse is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. Biography Born in Bristol, Englan ...

(born 1943), philosopher whose theories are centred to the abortion debate *

Rosalind Knight Rosalind Marie Knight (3 December 1933 – 19 December 2020) was an English actress. Her career spanned 70 years on stage, screen, and television. Her film appearances include ''Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' (1957), ''Carry On Nurse'' (1959), ' ...

(1933–2020), English actress *

Rosalind Newman Rosalind Newman (born November 12, 1946) is an internationally acclaimed choreographer who has created a body of over 70 works. Career Newman's original New York City company, Rosalind Newman and Dancers, had major seasons in New York at the Joyc ...

(born 1946), American choreographer *

Rosalind Peychaud Rosalind Magee Peychaud (born 1948) is a Democratic former state representative for Louisiana House of Representatives District 91 (which she represented from 2002 to 2004). In 2009 Peychaud became deputy chief of staff for U.S. Representat ...

(born 1948), New Orleans civic activist *

Rosalind Ridley Rosalind Ridley is a British psychologist and researcher who was head of the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) Comparative Cognition Research Team in the Department of Psychology, Cambridge, UK, until 2005. She was a fellow of Newnham Coll ...

(born 1949), British neuropsychologist *

Rosalind Rowe Rosalind Cornett (née Rowe) (14 April 193315 June 2015) was a British table tennis player who multiple competitions at the World Table Tennis Championships between 1951 and 1955. Table tennis career Rowe, and her twin sister Diane, were sele ...

(1933–2015), English table tennis player *

Rosalind Russell Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedienne, screenwriter, and singer,Obituary ''Variety'', December 1, 1976, p. 79. known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the H ...

(1907–1976), American actress

Astronomy

900 Rosalinde 900 Rosalinde ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is an elongated background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, that has a mean-diameter of approximately . It was discovered on 10 August 1918, by astronomer Max Wolf at the He ...

, asteroid *

Rosalind (moon) : ''There is also an asteroid called 900 Rosalinde.'' Rosalind is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ''Voyager 2'' on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4. It was name ...

, moon of Uranus

Horses

Rosalind (harness horse) Rosalind was a champion trotting mare who won the 1936 Hambletonian Stakes, set two world records (an individual filly-and-mare record of 1:56¾ in 1938 and a 1939 team mark of 1:58¼ with Greyhound) and was elected to the Harness Racing Hall o ...

, foaled 1933, 1936 Hambletonian winner

Literature

* Rosalind (''As You Like It''), a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It'' *Rosalind, the object of Colin Clout's love in

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of ...

's poem ''

The Shepheardes Calender ''The Shepheardes Calender'' was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil's first work, the ''Eclogues'', Spenser wrote this series of pastorals at the commencement of his career. However, Spenser's m ...

'' *"Rosalind", a poem by

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

*''Rosalind'', a play by

J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...

Places

Rosalind, Alberta Rosalind is a village located in the prairies of central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 854, approximately southeast of Edmonton and southeast of Camrose, the closest major trading centre. The name Rosalind was first used in 1905 a ...

, rural Canadian town *

Rosalind Bank Rosalind Bank, also called Rosalinda or Rosa Linda Bank ( es, Placer de Rosalinda), is a large, completely submerged bank or atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. It is the culmination of an area of coral reef, some 300 km (186 mi) long, that exten ...

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