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Zelda (given name)

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Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, which may originally have meant "dark battle", and also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy".

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People

  • Zelda Fichandler (1924–2016), American director and educator
  • Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), American writer; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress
  • Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist
  • Zelda Kaplan (1917–2012), American socialite
  • 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 Nolte, South African-British sculptor
  • Zelda Popkin (1898–1983), American mystery novelist
  • Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress
  • 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)

    • Fictional characters

  • Princess Zelda, in The Legend of Zelda video game series
  • Zelda Gilroy, in the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  • Zelda Reginhard, in the anime and manga series Lotte no Omocha!
  • Zelda Spellman, Sabrina's aunt in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  • Zelda Spooner, in Billy Wilder's 1964 comedy film Kiss Me, Stupid
  • Zelda, the main villainess in the 1998 direct-to-video film The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
  • Zelda, the main villainess in the British TV series Terrahawks
  • Zelda, the dog mascot of Nickelodeon Magazine
  • Zelda, in Stephen King's book Pet Semetary and the film adaptation

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