Galinda

The original name of Glinda from Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked and the subsequent Broadway musical. She drops the 'a' from her name to honor a goat, who mispronounced her name as a Glinda.

As a name, it comes from the Germanic element gal meaning "to sing" and lind meaning "soft, tender", which come together to make a music inspired name.

Pronounced guh-LIN-duh.

As of October 2026, Galinda ranked #8400 in US births in 1970 SSA, peaked at #5788 in 1959.