Belinda

For other uses, see Belinda (disambiguation).

Belinda

Berlinda of Meerbeke
Pronunciation	/bəˈlɪndə/
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	Italian
Meaning	Beautiful
Other names
Related names	Bindy, Linda, Melinda

Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian bella , meaning "beautiful". ^[1] Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name Betlinde, which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree". ^[2]

People

• Belinda C. Anderson (born 1954), American academic administrator
• Belinda Ang (born 1954), a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Belinda Bauer (actress) (born 1950), Australian actress
• Belinda Bauer (author) (born 1962), British writer
• Belinda Bencic (born 1997), Swiss tennis player
• Belinda Carlisle (born 1958), lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and solo artist
• Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine
• Belinda Clark (born 1970), Australian former cricketer
• Belinda Cordwell (born 1965), former tennis player from New Zealand
• Belinda Cowling, Australian-born French medical researcher
• Belinda Effah (born 1989), Nigerian movie actress
• Belinda Emmett (1974–2006), Australian actress and singer
• Belinda Green (born 1952), Australian model
• Belinda Kirk, British entrepreneur and explorer
• Belinda Lima, American-born Cape Verdean singer also known simply as "Belinda"
• Belinda Mulrooney (1872–1967), Irish-American entrepreneur who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush
• Belinda Neal (born 1963), former member of the Australian Senate (1994–1998) and House of Representatives (2007–2010)
• Belinda Noack (born 1977), Australian cricketer
• Belinda Peregrín, a Mexican singer and actress
• Belinda Snell (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Belinda Stewart-Wilson (born 1971), English actress
• Belinda Stronach (born 1966), businessperson and former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons
• Belinda Sutton (c. 1712 –1790), slave in colonial America emancipated upon the death of her owner
• Belinda Vernon (born 1958), former Member of Parliament of New Zealand
• Belinda Wright (conservationist) (born 1953), wildlife photographer and wildlife conservationist in India
• Belinda Wright (dancer) (1929–2007), English ballerina
• Belinda Wright (softball) (born 1980), softball player from Australia

Fictional characters

• Belinda, the owner of the lock stolen in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock
• Belinda, deaf-mute heroine of the play Johnny Belinda and various adaptations
• Belinda, heroine of Maria Edgeworth's novel Belinda
• Belinda, in Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Æneas
• Belinda Blumenthal, main character of Rocky Flintstone's series Belinda Blinked
• Belinda, on the Canadian animated television show Mona the Vampire
• Belinda, a cow and the title character of a book by Pamela Allen
• Belinda Cratchit, ^[3] daughter of Bob Cratchet in Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• Belinda Peacock (née Slater), a minor recurring character in EastEnders
• Belinda, the eponymous character in 'The Foundling' by Georgette Heyer
• Belinda Chandra, companion of the Fifteenth Doctor in Doctor Who
• Belinda Sparks, chicken of Billy Sparks in Young Sheldon

References

1. Flavia Hanks and Patrick Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names
2. E.G. Withycombe, Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names
3. "Cratchit family | fictional characters | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.