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Rosaline - sounds much better IMO

Rosaline

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I think they're both nice, although I prefer Rosamund to both.

I'm not really a fan of either, though I usually love Shakespeare names, but I'd have to choose Rosalind.

Rosalind!

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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.)

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So yeah. You really can't go wrong, but I'm blinded by love for Rosalind.

I like them both. The only different between them for me is that Rosalind reminds me of a sickly or frail woman, but Rosaline doesn't remind me of that at all. Otherwise they feel about the same. I would use Rosaline, but whichever.