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 (disambiguation), several people
• 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, French medical researcher
• Belinda Effah (born 1989), Nigerian movie actress.
• Belinda Emmett (1974–2006), Australian actress and singer.
• 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 Spanish-born, naturalized Mexican singer and actress
• Belinda Royall (c. 1712 – 1790), slave
• 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 Vernon (born 1958), former Member of Parliament of New Zealand
• Belinda Wright (disambiguation), several persons

Fictional characters

• Belinda Cratchet, daughter of Bob Cratchet in Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• Belinda, the owner of the lock stolen in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock
• Belinda, heroine of Maria Edgeworth's novel Belinda
• Belinda, in Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Æneas
• Belinda McDonald, played by Jane Wyman in the 1948 film Johnny Belinda
• Belinda, on the Canadian animated television show Mona the Vampire
• Belinda Peacock (née Slater), a minor recurring character in EastEnders
• Belinda, a cow and the title character of a book by Pamela Allen
• Belinda Blumenthal, main character of Rocky Flintstone's series Belinda Blinked