[Opinions] Rosalind or Rosaline?
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Rosaline - sounds much better IMO
I'm not really a fan of either, though I usually love Shakespeare names, but I'd have to choose Rosalind.
Rosalind!
I love both names a lot, but Rosalind is the clear winner for me. The 'd' makes it feel more complete, and much stronger and crisper as well. Plus I love the association with the Shakespeare character. (Not just the fact it's a Shakespeare character, but the character in particular. I know Rosaline is a WS character– two of them actually– as well, but I don't know Love's Labour's Lost and though I really have a soft spot for the R+J character, it's a bit weird of me as she actually never appears onstage. Rosalind in As You Like It is, I think, one of Shakespeare's best female characters and I really like her.)
So yeah. You really can't go wrong, but I'm blinded by love for Rosalind.
I love both names a lot, but Rosalind is the clear winner for me. The 'd' makes it feel more complete, and much stronger and crisper as well. Plus I love the association with the Shakespeare character. (Not just the fact it's a Shakespeare character, but the character in particular. I know Rosaline is a WS character– two of them actually– as well, but I don't know Love's Labour's Lost and though I really have a soft spot for the R+J character, it's a bit weird of me as she actually never appears onstage. Rosalind in As You Like It is, I think, one of Shakespeare's best female characters and I really like her.)
So yeah. You really can't go wrong, but I'm blinded by love for Rosalind.