-inda names

Rosalinda

Spanish

"pretty rose"

Rosalind feels fresher now.

Glinda

Literary name

Glinda is famous as the name of the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, invented by author L. Frank Baum. but has there ever been a real life, non-fictional Glinda? Not in the US last year. The name may…

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…

Sinda

Sinda is a feminine name with multiple potential origins. In Spanish contexts, it may derive from 'linda' meaning 'beautiful,' with the 's' prefix adding a distinctive quality. Alternatively, it…

Lorinda

English elaboration of Lora

Echoes of two dated names: Lori and Linda.

Marinda

Marinda is a melodious feminine name with multiple potential origins. It may be a variant of Miranda (meaning "worthy of admiration" in Latin), a combination of Maria and Linda, or derived from the…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Erlinda

Hebrew

"spirited"

Hillbilly twang.

Dorinda

Greek

"bountiful gift"

Cinderella stepsister type Victorian-valentine name.

Malinda

Variation of Melinda, English

"beautiful honey"

This spelling of Melinda is used primarily in Amish communities.

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…

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.

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,…

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,…