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Greetings,
Here's the information we found on "Rosalinde Kaine," which you want to use as a late-period Scottish name.
We don't have any examples of "Rosalinde" from period. As far as we can tell, this name became popular when it was used by Shakespeare.
We were able to find examples of "Rose" and "Rosamund" in late-period England. (1) There's enough crossover between English and Scots names that any late-period English name is also reasonable for a late-period Scots speaker. Both of them would be appropriate for your persona.
If you're willing to change your period, we think that the name "Roscelin" would a reasonable name for an English or Scots-speaking woman from earlier in period (from the Norman Conquest to the middle of the 13th century).
Many medieval French names ended in "-elin." These names were formed by adding "-elin" to some short names of Germanic origin. Several names of this type, including "Ascelin" and "Lancelin", were used by Norman men and women in England until the middle of the 13th century. "Roscelin" is another name of this type. Though we don't know that any women actually had this name, it's believable that a Norman woman from England or Scotland could have borne the name until 1260 or so.
We found the name "Kene" dated to 1513. This name would probably have been prounounced like "keen," "cane," or "Cana." If you want a name that's more recognizably Scottish, we found various forms of the name "McKain," which ultimately derives from the Gaelic "mac Eoin" (son of John). The form "M'Kaine" dates to 1601. (2)
Talan Gwynek, Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte, Margaret Makafee, and Arval D'Espas Nord contributed to this letter.
We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/reaney/
(2) Black, G. "The Surnames of Scotland."