Linda

Meaning

In the excerpts, Linda is linked to Spanish linda, meaning “fair” or “beautiful,” and used as a basis for attaching the name in the sixteenth century. Another excerpt notes it as a female name found as an abbreviation from Belinda, which itself is often explained as linked to “beautiful.”

Origin

Fun fact

One excerpt says the same root could also describe “a soft effeminate man” in older Spanish usage, though the name itself is treated as feminine.