The name Belinda is a common female first name of unknown etymology. It may have been coined from Italian

Italian language

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 bella "beautiful". Some scholars have speculated that Belinda derives from the Germanic

Germanic languages

The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...

 given name Betlindis, or possibly a contracted form of Old High German Betlinde, meaning "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree." It may also be a merge of 'Belle' ["beauty"] and 'Linda' ["pretty"], sometimes translated as "immortal beauty".

It can refer to:

People

• Belinda Ang Saw Ean, a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Belinda Carlisle
  Belinda Carlisle
  Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
  
   (born 1958), the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and also a solo artist
• Belinda Clark
  Belinda Clark
  Belinda Jane Clark AM is a former female Australian cricketer, who played international cricket from 1991 to 2005...
  
   (born 1970), Australian former cricketer
• Belinda Cordwell
  Belinda Cordwell
  Belinda Jane Cordwell is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she lost in the first round of the women's singles competition to Great Britain's Sara Gomer...
  
   (born 1965), a former tennis player from New Zealand
• Belinda Emmett
  Belinda Emmett
  Belinda 'Belle' Jane Emmett was an Australian actress and singer. She was married to television personality Rove McManus and was known for her roles in the TV drama series Home and Away and All Saints.-Early life:...
  
   (1974-2006), Australian actress and singer
• Belinda Mulrooney
  Belinda Mulrooney
  Belinda Mulrooney was an entrepreneur and purportedly the "richest woman in the Klondike". She made one fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush, lost it, and amassed a second, which lasted most of her life.Mulrooney was born in Ireland...
  
   (1872–1967), Irish-American entrepreneur who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush
• Belinda Neal
  Belinda Neal
  Belinda Jane Neal , a former Australian federal politician, was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the electorate of Robertson between 2007 and 2010; and representing the state of New South Wales in the Senate from 1994 to 1998, both of behalf of the Australian Labor...
  
   (born 1963), former member of the Australian Senate (1994-1998) and House of Representatives (2007-2010)
• Belinda Snell
  Belinda Snell
  Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....
  
   (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Belinda Stronach
  Belinda Stronach
  Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals...
  
   (born 1966), a businessperson and former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons
• Belinda Vernon
  Belinda Vernon
  Belinda Jane Vernon is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1996 to 2002, representing the National Party.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1958), former Member of Parliament of New Zealand
• Belinda Wright (disambiguation), several persons of that name
• Belinda (entertainer), a Spanish born Mexican singer and actress

Fictional characters

• Belinda, a character on Mona the Vampire.
• Belinda, the owner of the lock stolen in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock
  The Rape of the Lock
  The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 1712 in two cantos , but then revised, expanded and reissued under Pope's name on March 2, 1714, in a much-expanded 5-canto version...
  
  
• Belinda, the sister of Dido, in Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Æneas
  • "Thy hand, Belinda, When I am laid in earth" or "Dido's Lament
    Dido's lament
    "Dido's Lament" is the commonly-used name for the noted aria, "When I am laid in earth", from the opera, Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell ....
    
    ", a noted aria from the above
• Belinda McDonald, played by Jane Wyman in the 1948 film Johnny Belinda
• Belinda Peacock (née Slater), a minor recurring character in EastEnders