Olinda

o-LIN-da

Literature, Spanish, place name

"wild fig tree"

Olinda Origin and Meaning

The name Olinda is a girl's name meaning "wild fig tree".

Used in a medieval Spanish tale as the name of a Norwegian princess, Olinda is also a place in both Brazil and Australia and the name of a species of moth. Olinda could be related to the Greek word Olynthos meaning "wild fig tree", however, it could also be related to the Norwegian Ole or Oline meaning "ancestor's descendant" or to the element lind meaning "soft, tender, flexible" and "beautiful". Occasionally, it has also been used as a variant of Yolanda, meaning "violet flower".

Borne by Golden Age actress Olinda Bozán and by resistance fighter and politician Olinda Morais, Olinda could be an interesting alternative to Olivia or Lydia, or an unexpected honor for a Linda.

Olinda Rank in US Top 1000

# 921 in the US

Famous People Named Olinda

• Alice Olinda Hodgkinson was the daughter of a nineteenth century surveyor in Australia Clement Hodgkinson; her claim to fame is that in 1858 the Australian beauty spot known as the town of Olinda, in the state of Victoria, was named after her.