Rosaline
- (Rosa-leene or Rosa-line)--Shakespearean, so automatically has some class. Admittedly old-fashioned, but pretty nonetheless.
- Rosaline Teresa: Rosaline is a nice old-fashioned name. It's uncommon without being weird. Rosaline is an unseen character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (also a minor character in Love's Labour Lost) and I like the mystery of it. Teresa is my mom's and sister's middle name, and my grandmother's name, and generally has been in the family for a long time.
Pronounced /roz a line/, this name is a medieval variant of Rosalind. In this form it was used by Shakespeare .
Pronounced /rose a leen/, it is likely a variant of Rosaleen, which is how the famous 16th century political song Roisín Dubh was translated into English (Dark Rosaleen). Roisín Dubh is perhaps one of the most famous examples of an "aisling" poem, or one in which Ireland as portrayed as a beautiful women in distress.
See Also: Rosalind
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