Zelda (given name)
Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda,[1] which may originally have meant "dark battle".[2] It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig,[1] meaning "blessed", "happy".[3]
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People
- Zelda Fichandler (1924–2016), American director and educator
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), American writer; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress
- Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist
- Zelda Kaplan (1917–2012), American socialite
- Zelda La Grange (born 1970), former private secretary to President Nelson Mandela
- Zelda McCague (1888–2001), Canadian supercentenarian
- Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914–1984), (pen-name "Zelda"), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry
- Zelda Nolte, British sculptor
- Zelda Popkin (1898–1983), American mystery novelist
- Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress
- Zelda Sears (1873–1935), American entertainer
- Zelda the brain, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Zelda Wynn Valdes (1905–2001), American fashion designer and costumer
- Zelda Williams (born 1989), American actress and daughter of Robin Williams
- Sean N. Zelda, musician who founded the band We Came as Romans
- Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
Fictional characters
See also
References
- "Name Search : Zelda". Behindthename.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
- Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Griselda". Behindthename.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
- Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Selig". Behindthename.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
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