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1: Belinda's language of origin is Germanic. It is predominantly used in the English, German, and Italian languages. The meaning of Belinda is 'beautiful snake'. Derived from berht meaning 'bright, famous' + badu meaning 'fight, battle' + lind meaning 'weak, soft, gentle, friendly' + lindi meaning 'snake'. An original form of Belinda is the Germanic Betlindis. The name is of obscure origin. It could be of Germanic origin, from the first element 'berht' or 'badu', with the second element 'lind' or 'lindi'. It has often been taken to mean 'beautiful snake', in reference to the snake as a sacred symbol of wisdom and immortality in medieval times. Alternatively, the name could be of Italian or Spanish roots. The name was well used in Europe in the Middle Ages but was adopted by English speakers only since the 17th century. The name grew in popularity after it appeared in various works of literature, notably Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy The Provok'd Wife (1697) and Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock (1714). Variant forms of the name include the English names Belenda, Belindra, Belynda, and Velinda. Other variants of Belinda include the short form Bel (English), and the pet forms Bella (English, German, and Italian), Belle (English and French), Bindy (English), and Linda (Dutch). 2: Belinda is of Italian origin. Derived from the elements 'bella' meaning beautiful ; 'linda' meaning beautiful. The name could have been Italian in origin, from the element 'bella' with the diminutive suffix '-inda'; in Italian literature, Belinda was the wife of Orlando the subject of Charlemagne. 3: Belinda is of Spanish origin. Derived from the word linda which has the meaning 'beautiful'. Belinda is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. At the modest height of its usage in 1961, 0.150% of baby girls were named Belinda. It was #142 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then. In 2007, it ranked at #629 with a usage of 0.022%, having regained some lost ground in the recent decade. Within the family of girl names directly related to Belinda, the English, German, and Italian Bella was the most popular. It was 5 times more commonly used than Belinda in 2007. Baby names that sound like Belinda include the English Belenda, the English Belynda, and the German Blanda. KEY: Pronunciation for Belinda: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" Details of famous persons named Belinda:
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