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Rosalind

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17caterpillars1mouse · 22/07/2019 20:45

What are your thoughts on Rosalind? Do you know any?

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MerdedeBrexit · 23/07/2019 18:02

Why is "Roz" horrid LongPurples? I think it's lovely!

LongPurples · 23/07/2019 17:47

Rosalind is fine. But the shortenings aren't very nice. I know a five year old Rosalind who is sometimes called Rozi by her parents, which is ok I suppose, but at school she often gets Roz, which is horrid.

QueenofCBA · 23/07/2019 17:46

Beautiful & classy!

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 17:42

Rosa Linda - Beautiful Rose.

MerdedeBrexit · 23/07/2019 17:12

Lovely name. V Shakespearean and none the worse for that. Shortened to Ros, Roz, Rosie - what't not to like?!

Bananalanacake · 23/07/2019 17:07

my mum's name. love it as it's unusual.

bridgetreilly · 23/07/2019 17:04

Sounds like someone with a cold trying to say Rosaline. Like in the friends episode when Monica has a cold and says "I'm find" instead of "I'm fine"

It doesn't, though, because it doesn't rhyme with 'find'. It's Rosalind to rhyme with, um, binned? It has a completely different sound from Rosaline.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 16:27

Toby, Andrew, Henry...
... Malvolio, Puck, Bottom.

AnneKipanki · 23/07/2019 16:21

argh ! Grin

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 16:14

Shakespeare's men's names are generally dodgy though.

CremeEggThief · 23/07/2019 16:12

I know a Rosalyn and 2 Rosalinds, all aged 38-41.

MotherOfSoupDragons · 23/07/2019 16:10

Love it.

AnneKipanki · 23/07/2019 16:09

[grin[ @MikeUniformMike

Thrupennybrit · 23/07/2019 16:00

Lovely. Can't think of a negative.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 15:57

You can't go wrong with many of the Shkespearean names. I'd avoid Goneril, Clytemnestra and Titania though.

AnneKipanki · 23/07/2019 13:44

My aunt is Rosalind.
Character in "As You Like It "
I do like the name.
I have come across another 2 in my 33 years of working.

daisypond · 23/07/2019 13:32

Lovely. Classic and feminine without being frilly and girly.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 13:09

I used to work with a Rose. Her full name was Rosalind. I like Ros too, probably prefer it as a nn. I like Rosie but as a name not nn.

BuffaloCauliflower · 23/07/2019 12:17

It’s lovely. Classic but still unusual. I prefer a Rosie shortening to a Ros/Roz though, and a shortening is inevitable

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2019 11:36

It's beautiful.
I think I would use it as a mn because it might be misspelt as Rosaline or Rosalyn, neither of which I'm mad about.

Colourfulest · 23/07/2019 09:48

Sounds like someone with a cold trying to say Rosaline. Like in the friends episode when Monica has a cold and says "I'm find" instead of "I'm fine"

TheWashingMachine · 23/07/2019 08:04

We were certain we were going to call our DD Rosalind then when she was born we decided she didn't look like a Rosalind but I still love the name.

FromthePinkGlitterySide · 23/07/2019 08:00

I think you have to be aware that everyone will call her Roz. It’s a bit dated imho.

Ellmau · 23/07/2019 07:50

I think it's a great name - strong and beautiful rather than pretty/girly.

bridgetreilly · 23/07/2019 00:31

It's lovely. The 'lind' isn't harsh at all, since the emphasis is all at the start of the name. I much prefer it to both Rosa and Rosalie.