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".

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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