Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda,[1] from Old High German Grisja Hilda, 'Grey Battle-maid'.[2][3] It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig,[1] meaning 'blessed', 'happy'.[4]
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Since 1986, the name has been associated with the popular Nintendo franchise The Legend of Zelda and its eponymous character Princess Zelda.
People
edit- Zelda Barron (1929–2006), British director, screenwriter, and producer
- Zelda Curtis (1923–2012), British journalist
- Zelda D'Aprano (1928–2018), Australian feminist activist
- Zelda F. Gamson (born 1936), American sociologist, writer, and activist
- Zelda Fichandler (1924–2016), American stage producer, director, and educator
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), American writer, painter, and socialite; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress
- Zelda Jongbloed (1950–2018), South African journalist and politician
- Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist
- Zelda Kaplan (1917–2012), American socialite
- Zelda La Grange (born 1970), South African former private secretary to President Nelson Mandela
- Zelda Lockhart, American writer, speaker, teacher, and researcher
- Zelda McCague (1888–2001), Canadian supercentenarian
- Zelda Nolte, (1929-2005) British sculptor
- Zelda Nordlinger (1932–2008), American feminist and women's rights activist coordinator
- Zelda Popkin (1898–1983), American mystery novelist
- Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress
- Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914–1984), (pen-name “Zelda”), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry
- Zelda Sears (1873–1935), American entertainer
- Zelda Seguin Wallace (1848–1914), American opera singer and suffragist
- Zelda the Brain, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Zelda Tinska (born 1978), Serbian actress
- Zelda Williams (born 1989), American actress, director, producer, and writer; daughter of Robin Williams
- Zelda Wynn Valdes (1905–2001), American fashion designer and costumer
- Zelda Zabinsky, American industrial engineer and operations researcher
- Sean N. Zelda, musician who founded the band We Came as Romans
- Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
See also
edit- Zelda (disambiguation) for a list that includes fictional characters
References
edit- ^ a b "Name Search: Zelda". BehindTheName.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Griselda". BehindTheName.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Harper, Douglas (ed.). "Griselda". Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Selig". BehindTheName.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.