Belinda

Spanish or German

"pretty one, or, serpent"

Belinda Origin and Meaning

The name Belinda is a girl's name of German, Spanish origin meaning "pretty one, or, serpent".

Belinda, cousin of Linda and Melinda, enjoyed a brief return to the Top 1000 from 2005 through 2013, only to fall off again in 2014. A name that some may consider a modern spin on the midcentury popularity queen Linda is in fact a classic with deep and fascinating roots. In Babylonian mythology Belinda was the goddess of heaven and earth, and the name later was used for the heroine of Alexander Pope's satirical poem The Rape of the Lock.

One of Belinda's meanings is 'beautiful snake' (coined at a time when snakes were a sacred symbol of wisdom and immortality) and it still does seem to have a certain lingering serpentine charm.

Belinda entered the US popularity lists in 1940, and went on to reach Number 142 in 1961. Both Maria Edgeworth and Anne Rice wrote eponymous novels called Belinda.

Belinda Carlisle was the lead vocalist in "The Go-Go's."

Belinda Rank in US Top 1000

# 951 in the US

Belinda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1151 on Nameberry

Belinda Popularity

• 1155 Nameberry 2024
• 685 Unique 2023
• 392 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Belinda

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• Barbie
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• Bedelia
• Bathsheba
• Brunhild
• Dina
• Clarinda
• Babette
• Tina
• Brontë
• Bernice
• Desdemona
• Anthe
• Concordia
• Dania
• Bernadine
• Amandine
• Dione
• Clothilde
• Onora

Famous People Named Belinda

• Belinda Jo Carlisle American lead singer of The Go,Go's
• (Sue) Belinda Giblin Australian actress
• Belinda Lynette Green Australian beauty queen; Miss World 1972
• Belinda Peregrin Mexican singer
• Belinda Luscombe Australian journalist
• Belinda Bencic Swiss tennis player
• Belinda Montgomery Canadian,American actress and painter
• Belinda Heggen Australian journalist and news presenter
• Belinda Caroline Stronach Canadian businesswoman and politician
• Belinda Stewart Wilson, English actress
• Belinda Jane Emmett Australian actress and singer
• Belinda Earl style director of Marks and Spencer
• Belinda Bauer (born Belinda Sylvia Taubman) Australian,American actress
• Belinda Bauer British author
• Belinda Balaski American actress
• Belinda Sinclair British actress

Belinda in Pop Culture

• Aunt Belinda character from "The Sea is All Around"
• Miss Belinda Bede character in Barbara Pym's novel "Some Tame Gazelle"
• Belinda one of Bob Cratchit's children (alongside Martha, Peter, and Tiny Tim) in "A Christmas Carol" (1843) by Charles Dickens
• Belinda Herbert Pocket's hopeless and useless mother in Dickens's "Great Expectations" (1861)
• Belinda niece to Lady Brute in Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy "The Provok'd Wife" (1697)
• Belinda a society beauty in Pope's "Rape of the Lock" (1712); one of the moons of Uranus is named after this character
• Belinda cousin to Araminta, an affected lady in love with Bellmour, in Congreve's 1793 comedy "The Old Bachelor"
• Belinda Portman heroine of "Belinda," an 1801 novel by Irish writer Maria Edgeworth
• Belinda Blanchard from the Anne Rice novel "Belinda" (1986)
• Belinda Towers character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Belinda Zito Opal Koboi's human alias in the series Artemis Fowl
• Lunch Lady Belinda character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• Belinda character on Disney XD's "Kirby Buckets"