Roselyn
Pronounced R AA1 S EH1 L IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2018
- 131 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Roselyn?
Roselyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 15,432 children — the 1,085th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2018, when 486 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Roselin and Rosselyn — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Roselyn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Roselin
- Rosselyn
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AA1 S EH1 L IH0 N · R AO1 S EH1 L IH0 N · R AO1 S EH1 L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 110 · 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Roselyn
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Roselyn
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Roselyn?
- Roselyn ranks 1,085th among girls' names in US records, with 15,432 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,967.
- Is Roselyn a unisex name?
- No. Roselyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Roselyn most popular?
- 2018, when 486 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Roselyn spelled?
- Roselin, Rosselyn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.