Rosalind

Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Latin rosa linda "lovely rose".

Rosalind

1. A female given name.
   • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     : Act III, Scene II:

     Jaques. Rosalind is your love's name?

     Orlando. Yes, just.

     Jaques. I do not like her name.

     Orlando. There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened.

2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus

• dorsalin, ordinals