Belinda

{{other uses}} {{Infobox name | name = Belinda | image = Meerbeke glasraam Sint-Berlindis.JPG | imagesize = | caption = [[Berlinda of Meerbeke]] | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|d|ə}} | gender = Feminine | meaning = Beautiful | region = | origin = Italian | related names = [[Bindy]], [[Linda (name)|Linda]], [[Melinda]] | footnotes = }}

'''Belinda''' is a feminine [[given name]] of unknown [[Etymology|origin]], apparently [[Coining (linguistics)|coined]] from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''bella'', meaning "beautiful".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | publication-place=Oxford, England |series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |oclc=67869278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC |page=76 |access-date=7 November 2025}}</ref> Alternatively it may be derived from the [[Old High German]] name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright [[Lindworm|serpent]]" or "bright linden tree".<ref>E.G. Withycombe, ''Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names''</ref>

==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 Harris]] (born 1951), American politician * [[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]] ({{circa|1712}}{{snd}}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 (play)|Johnny Belinda]]'' and various adaptations * Belinda, heroine of Maria Edgeworth's novel ''[[Belinda (Edgeworth novel)|Belinda]]'' * Belinda, in Henry Purcell's opera ''[[Dido and Æneas]]'' * Belinda Blumenthal, main character of Rocky Flintstone's series ''[[Belinda Blinked]]'' * [[Mona the Vampire#Belinda|Belinda]], on the Canadian animated television show ''Mona the Vampire'' * [[Belinda (Picture book)|Belinda]], a cow and the title character of a book by [[Pamela Allen]] * Belinda Cratchit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cratchit family {{!}} fictional characters {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cratchit-family |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> daughter of Bob Cratchet in Dickens, ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' * Belinda Peacock (née Slater), a minor recurring [[List of EastEnders characters (2001)|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== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:English feminine given names]] [[Category:Feminine given names]] [[Category:English-language feminine given names]]