Zelda is a

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

for the feminine name

Griselda Griselda is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name was 1066th in popularity among females in the United States. It has been ...

, which may originally have meant "dark battle" or "strong woman;" often combined to mean "Grey fighting maiden". It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy". Since 1986, the name has been associated with the popular Nintendo franchise

The Legend of Zelda ''The Legend of Zelda'' is an action-adventure game franchise created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-releas ...

and its eponymous character

Princess Zelda is the titular character in Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the original 1986 game ''The Legend of Zelda''. She is one of the central characters in the series, having a ...

People

* Zelda Barron (1929–2006), British director, screenwriter, and producer *

Zelda Curtis Zelda Curtis (December 1923 – 31 January 2012) was a British journalist. She joined the Communist Party during the Second World War, and later worked for two news publications. Curtis left the Communist Party when her feminist views took prior ...

(1923–2012), British journalist * Zelda D'Aprano (1928–2018), Australian feminist activist *

Zelda F. Gamson Zelda Gamson (born March 12, 1936) is an American sociologist, writer and activist. Her scholarly work has primarily focused on the sociology of higher education, in particular innovation and change. Personal life and education Born Zelda Finke ...

(born 1936), American sociologist, writer, and activist *

Zelda Fichandler Zelda Fichandler (née Diamond; September 18, 1924 – July 29, 2016) was an American stage producer, director and educator. Life and career Zelda Fichandler came from a family that emigrated from Russia when she was an infant. Her father, Harr ...

(1924–2016), American stage producer, director, and educator *

Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgerald (; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, dancer, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she was noted for her beauty and high spirits, and was dubbed by her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald a ...

(1900–1948), American writer, painter, and socialite; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald *

Zelda Harris Zelda Harris (born February 17, 1985) is an American actress. Harris was born in New York City to Karen and Philip Harris. She has a sister, Kenya. She attended Princeton University, where she was a member of the Class of 2007. She began actin ...

(born 1985), American actress *

Zelda Jongbloed Zelda Jongbloed (née Erasmus; 3 October 1950 – 21 July 2018) was a veteran South African journalist and politician. She was a Member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance from 2014 to 2018. She was Shadow Deputy Minister of A ...

(1950–2018), South African journalist and politician * Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist *

Zelda Kaplan Zelda Kaplan (June 20, 1916 – February 15, 2012) was a fixture in New York's art, nightclub, and fashion worlds. Her trademark outfit was a matching African-print dress, handbag, and shoes, and a tall cloth hat. She made numerous philanthropic ...

(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 This article lists Canadian supercentenarians (people from Canada who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of , the oldest li ...

(1888–2001), Canadian supercentenarian * Zelda Nolte, British sculptor *

Zelda Nordlinger Zelda Kingoff Norldinger (1932 – 18 March 2008) was an American feminist and women's rights activist coordinator for the National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter in Virginia during the 1960s. Early life Zelda K. Norldinger was born in Sout ...

(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 Zelda Sears (née Paldi; January 21, 1873 – February 19, 1935) was an American actress, screenwriter, novelist and businesswoman. Early life and background She was born as Zelda Paldi near Brockway Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, into ...

(1873–1935), American entertainer * Zelda Seguin Wallace (1848–1914), American opera singer and suffragist * Zelda the Brain, a female professional wrestler from the

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* Zelda Tinska (born 1978), Serbian actress *

Zelda Williams Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress, director, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Robin Williams and film producer and philanthropist Marsha Garces Williams. As a voice actress, she is be ...

(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 We Came as Romans (sometimes abbreviated as WCAR) is an American metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band has gone through one name change and multiple line-up changes, and signed to SharpTone Records in 2016 after having ...

* Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

(1926–1962)

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{{given name, Zelda English feminine given names

People

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