It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4.

[9] It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.

[10] Rosalind belongs to Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Belinda, and Perdita.

[8] Other than its orbit,[3] radius of 36 km,[4] and geometric albedo of 0.08,[8] virtually nothing is known about Rosalind.

In Voyager 2 imagery, Rosalind appears as an almost spherical object.