Name:
Belinda
Gender:
Girl
Origin:
Germanic
Meaning:
Belinda most likely originates in Germanic languages and means "pretty snake". Some sources also suggest a derivation from Italian expressions, meaning "beautiful". The etymology is not clear. Belinda was a character in the poem The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, and it is also the name of a satellite of Uranus.
Pronunciation:
bə-LIN-də
The Five Elements:
Water
Also Spelled Like...:
Bellina
Bellinda
Bindy
Famous Belinda:
Belinda Cordwell : tennis player
Belinda Emmett : actress
Belinda Laracuente : boxer
Belinda Oliveira : jazz musician
Belinda Stronach : Canadian politician