Given name & surname
Belinda
“a beautiful and tender woman”
Belinda is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a beautiful and tender woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a beautiful and tender woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73,110
- 150 boys · 72,960 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 3,125 babies
- 2025
- 110
- #1,819 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 110 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,819 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,120 in 1961. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 62,433 as a first name in 2020; 119 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Belinda’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Belinda has a diminutive in Belen. In English usage, Belinda shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Bella. Belinda has a related form in Belynda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Belinda has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Belenshort form · ceb
- Bellindalikely variant
- Balyndavariant
- Balindavariant
- Belyndavariant
- Lenlendiminutive · ceb
- Beleindahvariant
- Beleindavariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Belinda
- Belinda CarlisleAmerican singer (born 1958)
- Belinda BencicSwiss tennis playerborn 1997
- Belinda PeregrínSpanish-Mexican singer and actress (born 1989)
- Belinda LeeEnglish actress (1935-1961)
- Belinda SnellAustralian basketball player (born 1981)
- Belinda EffahNigerian actress and presenterborn 1989
- Belinda GreenAustralian model, Miss World 1972born 1952
- Belinda StowellAustralian sailorborn 1971
- Belinda MontgomeryCanadian-American actressborn 1950
Characters named Belinda: Belinda Chandra (the British science fiction television series Doctor Who).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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