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Zelda Lockhart is a contemporary African-American writer, speaker, teacher and researcher. Her latest novel Trinity was published in July 2023. She is the director of LaVenson Press and Her Story Garden Studios. Her recent books include Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Doris Payne with Zelda Lockhart (2019), and 20/20: A Living & Learning poetry collection (2017). She is the author of three novels: Fifth Born (2003), Cold Running Creek (2006), and Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle (2010). Her first novel was published to critical acclaim and was a finalist for an award—for a debut novel—from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Foundation.

Gender: Feminine

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Usages: Italian, English

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Meaning: Italian form of Zelda (English). The name is borne by the television personality Zelda Nobili.

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(Information from name #407370 originally submitted by user micejerry)

Anyone remember Nickelodeon Magazine (the old one that ran from 1993 to 2009)? The mascot of Nickelodeon Magazine was a Lakeland Terrier named Zelda van Gutters.

Zelda Rae Williams is an American actress born in New York City to Robin Williams and his second wife, Marsha Garces Williams. Robin Williams stated that he named her after Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda video game series. Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent. Zelda, the older of Williams's children by his second wife, has a younger brother, Cody, and an older half-brother, Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams.

Zelda Williams is an American actress. She is the daughter of Robin Williams.

Zelda and Hilda are the aunts of Sabrina on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Plus everyone on TV has a scary great Aunt Zelda.

Zelda Kelberman Metz is one of only several score of survivors of Sobibór. This young woman, originally from Holland, helped to plan and carry out the mass revolt, uprising, and escape in the camp, and was one of perhaps only sixty people who managed to evade the massive manhunt that went on for days afterward.

Zelda was the name of Rachel's older sister with meningitis in Pet Semetary. Rachel is haunted by the memory of her sister lying in bed, choking to death on her tongue.

Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (pen-name "Zelda"), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry.

Zelda Harris is an American actor.

Zelda Rubinstein is notable for starring in the Poltergeist film series.

Zelda is the name of the tame Wild Turkey resident in Battery Park, Manhattan.

Zelda is a French black metal band.

Zelda is the name of Robin Williams' daughter.

The name is shared as well with Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Zelda was the name of one of Sabrina's aunts on the show Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

This is the name of the Princess in Shigeru Miyamoto's famous games the Legend of Zelda.

I just wanted to add that Miyamoto named the game/character Zelda after Zelda Fitzgerald (American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife) because he thought the name sounded "pleasant and significant".