Rosalyn is a modern form of the medieval English name Rosline, which is derived from the Germanic name Rosalind. It is combined of the Old German word ‘lind’ and ‘hros’, which give the meaning ‘tender horse’.
Rosalyn is a female first name.
The name Rosalyn isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Rosalyn ranks 891. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 2 were named Rosalyn. In the entire USA, approximately 17,326 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Rosalyn. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Rosalyn is a modern form of the medieval English name Rosline, which is derived from the Germanic name Rosalind. It is combined of the Old German word ‘lind’ and ‘hros’, which give the meaning ‘tender horse’.
A folk etymology... from the Middle Ages gives these names the meaning 'beautiful rose'. It is influenced by the similar sounding Latin phrase 'rosa linda'.
You may not know anyone named Rosalyn, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 37 states are home to women and girls named Rosalyn. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Rosalyn living in one state or another. If your name is Rosalyn and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Georgia, which has the most people named Rosalyn relative to the population, you still have to ask 4,483 women and girls their names before you hear Rosalyn as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter R is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.
With seven letters, the name Rosalyn has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that if 4.1% of all girls' names start with an R, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Rebecca is the girls’ name starting with R, which is the most common of all.
If your name is Rosalyn and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Rosalyn, you can simply say:
Rocket
Orange
Sun
Apple
Lion
Yoyo
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Rosalyn
Rosalyn
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
R
O
S
A
L
Y
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
R
O
S
A
L
Y
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Rosalyn sounds like this:
