-inda names

Linda

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

"pretty"

Linda will live forever in baby name history for toppling Mary from its four hundred year reign as Number 1. Queen of Names in 1947, Linda has fallen even further in favor than Mary today. Still,…

Lucinda

English, Spanish, and Portuguese variation of Lucia

"light"

Lucinda, an elaboration of Lucia created by Cervantes for his 1605 novel Don Quixote , is a pleasingly pretty alternative to Lucy. It was subsequently used by Moliere in his play The Doctor in Spite…

Belinda

Spanish or German

"pretty one, or, serpent"

Belinda, cousin of Linda and Melinda, enjoyed a brief return to the Top 1000 from 2005 through 2013, only to fall off again in 2014. A name that some may consider a modern spin on the midcentury…

Melinda

English combination name

"beautiful honey"

In the eighteenth century there was a poetic fad for names with the 'inda' sound, and, along with Belinda, Clarinda, Dorinda and Florinda, Melinda was one of those created at that time. It came into…

Rosalinda

Spanish

"pretty rose"

Rosalind feels fresher now.

Malinda

Variation of Melinda, English

"beautiful honey"

This spelling of Melinda is used primarily in Amish communities.

Jacinda

Variation of Jacinta, Spanish and Portuguese

"hyacinth"

Jacinda, a form of the lovely and unusual Spanish and Portuguese flower name Jacinta (for Hyacinth), was first popularized by the Australian actress Jacinda Barrett. Today, the girls' name Jacinda is…

Florinda

Spanish and Portuguese elaboration of Flora or Florence

Florinda may be taking a good thing, the name of the Roman goddess of flowers and springtime, and making it too elaborate.

Kinda

Arabic and Swahili

"part of a mountain; beautiful"

Kinda is a rare and pretty name with Swahili and Arabic roots. It rhymes with Linda rather than the colloquial combination of the words "kind of" — although many people will mispronounce it as such.

Lorinda

English elaboration of Lora

Echoes of two dated names: Lori and Linda.

Celinda

English combination of Celia + Linda, Latin and Spanish

"heavenly + beautiful"

Feels like a hybrid of Celia and Belinda, but Celinda is also a Spanish botanical name for the sweet mock orange.

Arlinda

Arlinda is a feminine name with multiple potential origins. It may be an elaboration of the Germanic name Linda (meaning 'gentle' or 'soft'), or could combine elements from different naming…

Clarinda

Literary elaboration of Clara

"bright, clear"

A poetic name first used in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" in 1596, it had a literary vogue in the 18th century, especially favored by Robert Burns. "inda" names--Melinda, Belinda, Linda" are…

Clorinda

Latin literary name

Clorinda is a romantic name invented by a sixteenth-century poet, but has a synthetic sound today.

Colinda

Colinda is a melodic feminine name with multiple possible origins. It may be derived from the Spanish name Celinda, a variant of Celina meaning "heavenly," or it could be related to the name Colina,…

Corinda

Corinda is a feminine name with multiple possible origins. It may derive from the Spanish "Corinda" or "Corina," which comes from the Greek name "Korinna," meaning "maiden" or "girl." Alternatively,…

Delinda

Delinda is a feminine name with Latin origins, possibly derived from 'linda' meaning 'beautiful' with the prefix 'de' adding emphasis. The name has been in sporadic use in the United States since the…

Dorinda

Greek

"bountiful gift"

Cinderella stepsister type Victorian-valentine name.

Drinda

Drinda is an uncommon feminine name with obscure origins, possibly a variant of names like Dorinda or a feminine form of Drin. It may have roots in Greek mythology where Dorinda was a character,…

Earlinda

Earlinda is a feminine name that combines the Germanic element "earl" (meaning "nobleman" or "warrior") with the Spanish/Germanic suffix "-linda" (meaning "beautiful" or "tender"). This fusion…