Belinda
Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian bella, meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name Betlinde, which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree".
People
- Belinda C. Anderson, American academic administrator
- Belinda Ang, a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
- Belinda Bauer , Australian actress
- Belinda Bauer , British writer
- Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
- Belinda Carlisle, lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and solo artist
- Bilinda Butcher, vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine
- Belinda Clark, Australian former cricketer
- Belinda Cordwell, former tennis player from New Zealand
- Belinda Cowling, Australian-born French medical researcher
- Belinda Effah, Nigerian movie actress
- Belinda Emmett, Australian actress and singer
- Belinda Green, Australian model
- Belinda Kirk, British entrepreneur and explorer
- Belinda Lima, American-born Cape Verdean singer also known simply as "Belinda"
- Belinda Mulrooney, Irish-American entrepreneur who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush
- Belinda Neal, former member of the Australian Senate and House of Representatives
- Belinda Noack, Australian cricketer
- Belinda Peregrín, a Mexican singer and actress
- Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player
- Belinda Stewart-Wilson, English actress
- Belinda Stronach, businessperson and former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons
- Belinda Sutton, slave in colonial America, emancipated upon the death of her owner
- Belinda Vernon, former Member of Parliament of New Zealand
- Belinda Wright , wildlife photographer and wildlife conservationist in India
- Belinda Wright , English ballerina
- Belinda Wright , softball player from Australia
Fictional characters
- Belinda, the owner of the lock stolen in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock
- Belinda, deaf-mute heroine of the play Johnny Belinda and various adaptations
- Belinda, heroine of Maria Edgeworth's novel Belinda
- Belinda, in Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Æneas
- Belinda Blumenthal, main character of Rocky Flintstone's series Belinda Blinked
- Belinda, on the Canadian animated television show Mona the Vampire
- Belinda, a cow and the title character of a book by Pamela Allen
- Belinda Cratchit, daughter of Bob Cratchet in Dickens, A Christmas Carol
- Belinda Peacock, a minor recurring character in EastEnders
- Belinda, the eponymous character in 'The Foundling' by Georgette Heyer
- Belinda Chandra, companion of the Fifteenth Doctor in Doctor Who
- Belinda Sparks, chicken of Billy Sparks in ''Young Sheldon''