Belinda is a girl's name of German origin meaning “beautiful.” In 2024 it was given to 117 girls in the United States.
Belinda belongs to the German and Italian tradition. Its meaning — “beautiful” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Belinda first appears in Social Security records in 1889. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #141 in 1961, and in 2024 117 babies received the name — 72,852 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Belinda means “beautiful” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Belinda is a girl name. In 2024, 117 babies received the name in the US.
Belinda comes from the German and Italian tradition.
Belinda first appears in US records in 1889. Its best-ever ranking was #141 in 1961, and 117 babies were given the name in 2024.
Belinda is pronounced /bəˈlɪndə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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