Zelda

Diminutive of Griselda

"gray fighting maid"

Zelda Origin and Meaning

Variation of Griselda

Zelda Rank in US Top 1000

# 748 in the US

Zelda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 469 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Zelda

• 748 US 2024
• 469 Nameberry 2025
• 494 Future 2028
• 864 England 2023
• 66 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Zelda

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• Fleur
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• Primrose
• Hermione
• Octavia
• Petra
• Delphine
• Magnolia
• Verity
• Paloma
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• Odessa
• Juno
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• Hyacinth
• Cosette
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Famous People Named Zelda

• Zelda Fitzgerald American novelist; wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Zelda May Rubinstein American actress
• Zelda Popkin American mystery novelist
• Zelda Harris American actress
• Zelda Sears American actress and writer
• Zelda Rae Williams American actress; daughter of Robin Williams
• Zelda June Topolsky daughter of tech guru Joshua Topolsky of Engadget
• Zelda Violet Frissberg (b. 2015) daughter of Emma Bloomberg and Chris Frissora; granddaughter of politician Michael Bloomberg

The name Zelda in Pop Culture

• Zelda character in the hit game series, The Legend of Zelda.
• Zelda Heap character in the Septimus Heap book series
• Zelda Spellman Sabrina's aunt on TV's "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and Netflix's "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
• Zelda character in Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
• Zelda a main character in Morris Gleitzman's "Once," "Then," "After" and "Now"
• Zelda Zonk a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe
• Zelda Reginhard character in anime and manga series Lotte no Omocha!
• Zelda character in the British TV series Terrahawks
• Zelda Dobinski character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Zelda Mae character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Zelda character from "Smells Like Dog" series by Suzanne Selfors