Zelda (given name)
Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda,[1] which means "dark battle",[2] and also the feminine form of the yiddish name Selig,[1] meaning "blessed", "happy".[3]
People
- Zelda Fichandler (born 1924), American director and educator
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), author and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress
- Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist
- Zelda La Grange (born 1970), former private secretary to President Nelson Mandela
- Zelda McCague (1888–2001), Canadian supercentenarian
- Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914–1984), (pen-name "Zelda"), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry
- Zelda Popkin (1898–1983), American mystery novelist
- Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), notable for starring in the Poltergeist film series
- Zelda Sears (1873–1935), American entertainer
- Zelda Wynn Valdes (1905–2001), African-American fashion designer and costumer
- Zelda Williams (born 1989), American actress and daughter of Robin Williams
- Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
Characters
- Princess Zelda, a character in The Legend of Zelda video game series
- Zelda Gilroy, a character in the 1959–1963 TV series, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Zelda Reginhard, a character in the anime and manga series Lotte no Omocha!
- Zelda Spellman, Sabrina's aunt in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Zelda, the main villainess in The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
- Zelda, a character in the Gerry Anderson TV series Terrahawks
- Zelda, the dog companion in Nickelodeon Magazine
- Zelda, a character in the 1999 song "Albuquerque" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Zelda, character in Stephen King's book Pet Semetary
See also
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