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My name is Belinda and I was born in the sixties. I wasn't over keen on it, but as I have got older I found it to be an unusual name that you don't often hear. I did work with someone of the same name a long time ago. I did used to get teased and called Belinda Carlisle, and didn't like the singer for years because of being picked on. But now love her records she is a feisty lady with a strong voice. There is also a politician in Australia called Belinda with exactly the same name including middle and surname as me. I don't like the meaning of Belinda as I hate snakes with a passion I can't even look at one. I'm pleased with the name my parents gave to me as a baby. It is a name that grows on you...
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Uuuuuummm... duh! This name is a combination of Be(lle?) and Linda. Linda in Spanish, Italian etc. means beautiful. So does Belle, which some people are saying is the origin of the first part. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure 'be' means to make? In some language maybe. Anyway I'm not sure why they aren't sure of the meaning.
So, Make(?)+ beautiful
Belinda!
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So, Make(?)+ beautiful
Belinda!
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My name is Belinda. It's fabulous just like me! Why all the haters? My nieces and nephews call me Aunt Bee which I love. I've only met two other Belinda's in my 46 years on this planet and that I love. I wouldn't change my name for anything and have always loved how unique it is.
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Belinda probably means (shield) of lindenwood or limewood. In German and Dutch linde is the translation of limetree or lindentree.
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The name appears in history, as follows:
1688 - Dido's sister in 'Dido and Aeneas' an English Opera, and England's oldest Opera written by composer Henry Purcell (b.1659 – d.1695), with libretto by Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist, who became England's poet laureate in 1692, Nahum Tate (b.1652 Ireland-d.1715). Tate replaced Dido's sisters name of Anna to Belinda for the Opera. The opera's first recorded performance was in 1689 at a Chelsea girls school, though it is presumed to have been performed prior.
'Dido and Aenea' is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of Carthage Dido and the Trojan refugee Aeneas.
The opening aria "Ah, Belinda, I am press'd with torment"
1697 - The name Belinda was used by Sir John Vanbrugh (b.1664-d.1726) for a character in his comedy The Provok'd Wife.
1710 - Belinda appeared as a character in play 'The Man's Bewitched', by female playright Susanna Centlivre (b.1667 Ireland-d.1723).
1712 - Belinda is the heroine from the work 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope.
1714 - Belinda featured in Richard Steele's collection of poems 'Poetical Miscellanies', that has been accredited to female English poet Anne Finch (b.1661–d.1720)
1801 - 'Belinda' the novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849).
In Italian literature it is the name ascribed to the wife of Orlando, vassal of Charlemagne, but this use is not supported in Germanic sources.
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1688 - Dido's sister in 'Dido and Aeneas' an English Opera, and England's oldest Opera written by composer Henry Purcell (b.1659 – d.1695), with libretto by Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist, who became England's poet laureate in 1692, Nahum Tate (b.1652 Ireland-d.1715). Tate replaced Dido's sisters name of Anna to Belinda for the Opera. The opera's first recorded performance was in 1689 at a Chelsea girls school, though it is presumed to have been performed prior.
'Dido and Aenea' is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of Carthage Dido and the Trojan refugee Aeneas.
The opening aria "Ah, Belinda, I am press'd with torment"
1697 - The name Belinda was used by Sir John Vanbrugh (b.1664-d.1726) for a character in his comedy The Provok'd Wife.
1710 - Belinda appeared as a character in play 'The Man's Bewitched', by female playright Susanna Centlivre (b.1667 Ireland-d.1723).
1712 - Belinda is the heroine from the work 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope.
1714 - Belinda featured in Richard Steele's collection of poems 'Poetical Miscellanies', that has been accredited to female English poet Anne Finch (b.1661–d.1720)
1801 - 'Belinda' the novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849).
In Italian literature it is the name ascribed to the wife of Orlando, vassal of Charlemagne, but this use is not supported in Germanic sources.
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The name is most likely a combination of "bella" and "linda", the latter being of Spanish origin, the former of Latin. Alternatively (however unlikely) "bellum" (Latin: "war") may be the first root word.
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The Spanish "Linda" means beautiful, as well as the French "Belle" (also like the Italian Bella).
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