The name Galinda is a girl's name meaning "soft singing voice".

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.

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The name Galinda peaked for girls at #5788 in 1959.

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