Clarinda

Literary elaboration of Clara

"bright, clear"

Clarinda Origin and Meaning

The name Clarinda is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright, clear".

A poetic name first used in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" in 1596, it had a literary vogue in the 18th century, especially favored by Robert Burns. "inda" names--Melinda, Belinda, Linda" are not particularly in right now.

Clarinda Rank in US Top 1000

# 871 in the US

20 Names Similar to Clarinda

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• Selka
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• Chela
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• Clelia
• Christabel
• Claribel
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Famous People Named Clarinda

• Clarinda Maria Sinnige Dutch field hockey player
• Clarinda pen name of a 17th century Peruvian female poet

Clarinda in Pop Culture

• Clarinda character in Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene
• Clarinda name given by Scottish poet Robert Burns to Agnes Maclehose
• Clarinda a major character in The Virtuoso, a play first produced in 1676
• Clarinda a major character in The Lovers' Progress, an early 17th,century play
• Clarinda a character in The Deserving Favourite, another early 17th,century play
• Clarinda a character in the play The Sea Voyage, licensed for performance in 1622
• "Clarinda " 1948 novel by Vicki Baum, also published as Headless Angel
• Lady Clarinda character in Thomas Love Peacock's 1831 novel Crotchet Castle