100%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Literature, Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American) Pronounced Pron. /o.ˈlin.da/(Spanish) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links The name of a princess of Norway in the medieval Spanish tale of the knight Amadis of Gaul. It is perhaps related to Greek ὀλύνθη (olynthe) meaning "wild fig tree" (similar to Olindo). Olinda is also the name of a Brazilian city. PopularityDetails Last ranked #646 in 1970 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #893 in 1895 United States Categories cities, ends in -da, fruits, historians, isograms, literature, nature, poets, princesses, trees, writers