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What does Belinda mean?
Belinda 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ba-LIN-dah. It is of Italian origin, and the meaning of Belinda is "beautiful". Probably from Italian "bella" (see Bella) with the suffix -inda, or with the Germanic "lind" meaning "serpent, dragon" or "linde" meaning "soft, tender". It was used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a character in his comedy "The Provok'd Wife" (1697) and by Alexander Pope for the society beauty in his poem "The Rape of the Lock" (1712). Has upper-class English connotations. Pop singer Belinda Carlisle.
Variations
VARIANTS Bel, Belenda, Belindra, Belle▼, Bellinda, Bellynda, Belynda, Bindy, Linda▼, Lindie, Lindy▼, Velinda
RELATED FORMS VIA BELLA Bellissa, Belva▼
MASCULINE FORM Belindo
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Belinda Adaline (B.A.), ..
How popular is Belinda?
Belinda is a very popular first name for women (#305 out of 4276, Top 7%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#136783 out of 150436, Top 91%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Belinda reached its highest position of #165 in the U.S. in the 1960s, and is at #1390 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Belinda (#1390 IN 2018) are Bella (#48), Belle (#859), Belva, Clarinda, Linda (#726), Lindy and Velinda. Adoption of these relations of Belinda was more pronounced 78 years ago (MEDIAN #1220) and has become much lower since (#1377, ▼91.4%). Linda is a perennial favorite, although Bella seems to be gaining popularity too, while versions like Belinda have become less popular.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Adelinda, Alinda, Amelinda, Arlinda, Barinda, Belanna, Belia, Belicia, Belita, Bellina, Belona, Betina, Blanda, Blondy, Brinda, Calinda, Celida, Celina, Celinda, Celinde, Celinka, Celinna, Colinda, Delina, Delinda, Deolinda, Derinda, Erlinda, Felina, Glinda, Jelina, Jolinda, Kalinda, Malinda▼, Melida, Melina▲, Melinda▼, Melinde (see Melinda), Mellinda, Melynda, Nelida, Odelinda, Olinda, Salinda, Selina, Selinda, Selinde, Yalinda, Zelina and Zerlinda. These names tend to be less commonly used than Belinda.
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