Given name
Olinda
“resembling a wild fig; a protector of the land”
Olinda is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “resembling a wild fig; a protector of the land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “resembling a wild fig; a protector of the land.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,066
- 0 boys · 1,066 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,718 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Olinda’s family of names
Olinda has a related form in Olenda. Olinda has a related form in Olendah. Olinda has a related form in Olindah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Olinda
- Olinda BejaSão Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narratorborn 1946
- Olinda BozánArgentine actress (1894–1977)
- Olinda CastielleSwedish television personalityborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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